Greg Olson, a former Bears assistant, is the team’s fourth-named candidate for offensive coordinator.
The 60-year-old Olson began his extensive NFL coaching career as the quarterbacks coach for the San Francisco 49ers in 2001. Under Seattle offensive coordinator Shane Waldron, another person rumored to be a contender for the Bears offensive coordinator job, he presently serves as the quarterbacks coach.
In 2003, Olson worked as the quarterbacks coach for the Bears under Dick Jauron, with John Shoop serving as the offensive coordinator. He was with the Bears only one season but has been with eight NFL teams.
Olson worked as a member of Sean McVay’s staff while coaching the Rams, just like two other contenders, Waldron and Liam Coen. It happened in 2022 as well as in 2017. Klint Kubiak, the 49ers’ coordinator of passing games, is the other announced contender.
The other teams Olson worked for were the Lions (2004–2005) as the quarterbacks coach; the Rams (2006–07), the Buccaneers (2008–2011) as the offensive coordinator and QB coach; the Jaguars (2012–16) as the offensive coordinator and assistant head coach; and the Raiders (2013–14, 2018–2021) in Oakland and Las Vegas as the offensive coordinator and QB coach.
He was the offensive coordinator for the Rams in the year that Marc Bulger became just the fourth quarterback in history to pass for 4,000 yards in a season.
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