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USAT: Bears Wire

Jan 20, 2022

The Chicago Bears are in the middle of their search for a new general manager and head coach, where there’s a long list of candidates they’ve interviewed or are scheduled to interview. - Los Angeles Chargers GM Tom Telesco told reporters that Director of Player Personnel JoJo Wooden has interviewed for the Bears’ GM vacancy. Chicago previously put a request in to interview Wooden. - Wooden joined the Chargers back in 2013, where he oversees the pro and college scouting departments, and he appears poised to take the next step as a general manager. Before joining the Chargers, he spent 16 seasons with the New York Jets from 1997-2012, where he spent six years as their Assistant Director of Player Personnel. Wooden interviewed for the Washington Football Team GM opening last offseason. - - Telesco says JoJo Wooden has interviewed for the #Bears GM opening. - — Joe Reedy (@joereedy) January 20, 2022 - - - The Bears have now interviewed 10 candidates for their GM job with five left, including Omar Khan, Rick Smith and Morocco Brown, who’s set to interview Monday. - Follow The Bears Wire Podcast: - Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts - - - List - - Where things currently stand with Bears' GM, head coach search - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Email - - - - - Sign up - - - - - - - - Like this article? - Sign up for the Bears Wire email newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning - - - - An error has occured - - - Please re-enter your email address. - - - - - - Thanks for signing up! - - - You'll now receive the top Bears Wire stories each day directly in your inbox.

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