The new Bears head coach is 38 years old, born in Tucker, Ga. A football player at Tucker High School, he graduated with a degree in speech communications from

Brown was named the new Chicago Bears interim head coach after the team announced the firing of Matt Eberflus on Friday. The move came just over two weeks since he was named the team's offensive coordinator, a promotion he received after starting the season as the team's passing game coordinator.

The Chicago Bears have made an in-season head-coaching change for the first time in franchise history, as they fired head coach Matt Eberflus following a 4-8 start. The Black Friday firing comes one day after Chicago bungled a Thanksgiving comeback against the Detroit Lions,