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Bears to hire Dave Toub’s son Shane as an offensive assistant

By  Patrick Finley
   
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Bears head coach Matt Nagy is rounding out his staff. (Getty Images)

Shane Toub, the son of former Bears special teams coordinator Dave Toub, will join the Bears as a low-level offensive assistant, sources confirmed Wednesday.

He spent last year as an offensive graduate assistant at Illinois after a career as an offensive lineman at Div. I-AA Dayton and Carmel Catholic.

New Bears coach Matt Nagy worked with Dave Toub in Kansas City; Chris Tabor, the Bears’ new special teams coordinator, was Toub’s deputy with the Bears under Lovie Smith, who is now the Illini head coach.

Nagy has spent the last week-and-a-half rounding out his staff. He is expected to meet the media Thursday.

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