Bears to name Juan Castillo offensive line coach

Matt Nagy didn’t take long to find a new offensive line coach. The Bears are expected to name Juan Castillo, who most recently served as the Bills’ offensive line coach in 2018, as their next position coach, sources confirmed.

Castillo coached alongside Nagy — and under Nagy’s mentor, Andy Reid — with the Eagles. He began as an Eagles offensive assistant in 1995, moved to tight ends coach in 1997, then coached the team’s offensive line from 1998 to 2010. In a rare move, he became the team’s defensive coordinator from 2011 to 2012.

Castillo then moved to Baltimore, where he was the Ravens’ run-game coordinator for two years and offensive line coach from 2014 to 2017.

Nagy coached with the Eagles in various capacities from 2008 to 2012 and followed Reid to the Chiefs.

He fired Harry Hiestand after two years as his offensive line coach.

The Bears, who celebrated hiring Hiestand away from Notre Dame upon Nagy’s hire, are trying to upgrade a run game that has been one of the league’s most disappointing the last two years. The Bears averaged 3.7 yards per carry in 2019, the fourth-lowest average in the league.

Hiestand was one of four coaches fired Tuesday.

Two others — offensive coordinator Mark Helfrich and tight ends coach Kevin Gilbride — also had a hand in the team’s run-blocking.