Chicago: Marc Trestman was appointed head coach of the Chicago Bears yesterday in place of Lovie Smith, who was fired at the end of last year after nine seasons in charge.
Trestman, who will be the Bears’ 14th head coach since the NFL started in 1920, joins from the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League where he has spent the past five seasons with a 59-31 record and championships in 2009 and 2010.
The 57-year-old last worked in the NFL in 2004 as quarterbacks coach and assistant head coach with the Miami Dolphins.
Smith, who took the Bears to the Super Bowl after the 2006 season, was dismissed in 2012 that left them out of the play-offs for the fifth time in the last six years.
Trestman, who has a track record of developing quarterbacks as an offensive coordinator and position coach, will be charged with improving the Chicago offence and the play of quarterback Jay Cutler. REUTERS
