Bears hire Monachino as senior assistant, OLBs coach

LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — The Chicago Bears have hired former Indianapolis Colts defensive coordinator Ted Monachino as senior defensive assistant and outside linebackers coach.
Monachino worked for new Bears defensive coordinator Chuck Pagano in Indianapolis and with him on John Harbaugh’s staff in Baltimore. He was a senior defensive analyst for Missouri last season and was hired as Kansas State’s defensive coordinator and linebackers coach in December.
In Chicago, he will wor