Thomas Brown will serve as the Bears’ interim head coach

Matt Eberflus is out and a coach has received another in-season promotion to replace him.

Thomas Brown will serve as the Bears’ interim head coach following Eberflus’ firing on Friday, according to multiple reports.

Brown, 38, joined the Bears in the offseason as the passing game coordinator, but was promoted to offensive coordinator after the club fired Shane Waldron from that position earlier this month.

Last season, Brown served as the Panthers’ offensive coordinator. While former head coach Frank Reich initially called plays, he left that duty to Brown before taking them back. Brown got them again when Reich was fired in the middle of the season.

A sixth-round pick in the 2008 draft, Brown played one season for the Falcons and two for the Browns before taking up coaching at Georgia, where he had played his college ball. Brown returned to the league in 2020 as the Rams running backs coach and won Super Bowl LVI with the club in 2021.