Thomas Brown has emerged as a bright spot on the Chicago Bears coaching staff in the last three weeks during the roughest points of a turbulent season. Now the Bears will see if he can make an even larger impact with his direct nature as the interim head coach.

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,

If Thomas Brown can do enough to retain the Bears head coaching job or even produce a winning record the rest of the season he'll be bucking a major NFL trend.

With coach Matt Eberflus fired on Friday, the Chicago Bears entrust his duties with offensive coordinator Thomas Brown, who has been greatly responsible for turning around the season of rookie quarterback Caleb Williams.

Thomas Brown will serve as the Bears’ interim head coach after Eberflus’ firing on Friday, according to multiple reports. Brown, 38, joined the Bears in the offseason as passing game coordinator but was promoted to offensive coordinator after the club fired Shane Waldron from that position earlier this month.

Former Rams assistant Thomas Brown will now coach the Bears for the rest of the season after Matt Eberflus’ firing

The inevitable happened. The Chicago Bears fired head coach Matt Eberflus, fewer than 24 hours after his abject lack of clock management scuttled a possible comeback win over the Detroit L

Chicago Bears rookie quarterback Caleb Williams heard the directive from his offensive coordinator loud and clear. "Go be Superman," Thomas Brown told Williams after Chicago got the ball back with 1:47 to play in the fourth quarter Sunday while trailing the Minnesota Vikings by 11.