page_title: Marc Trestman
section_title: Return to the NFL
hierarchical_section_title: Marc Trestman / Coaching career / Return to the NFL
caption_attribution_description: English: Head Coach Marc Trestman at Chicago Bears training camp in 2014.
context_page_description: Marc Marlyn Trestman is an American football and Canadian football coach. He led the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League to back-to-back Grey Cup victories in 2009 and 2010, and another as head coach of the Toronto Argonauts in 2017. He was also named CFL Coach of the Year in 2009. In addition, Trestman has served as offensive coordinator and positions coach for a number of different teams. He played college football as a quarterback for three seasons with the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers, and one season at Minnesota State University Moorhead.
  Trestman also served as the head coach of the Chicago Bears from 2013 to 2014, and most recently, served as head coach for the Tampa Bay Vipers of the XFL.
context_section_description: In 2012, Trestman was interviewed by the Indianapolis Colts for their vacant position of head coach. The Colts eventually hired Chuck Pagano.
  In early 2013, Trestman was interviewed by the Chicago Bears and the Cleveland Browns for their respective vacant head coaching positions. On January 16, 2013, he was named head coach of the Bears. Of the seven coordinators/position coaches he has hired, Trestman has worked with six of them (Aaron Kromer, Matt Cavanaugh and Skip Peete worked with Trestman during his tenure with the Raiders, while Andy Bischoff, Pat Meyer and Tim Tibesar worked with him in Montreal). On March 20, at the NFL Annual Meeting, Trestman stated that the read-option offense will be part of the Bears' playbook.
  In Trestman's first game with the Bears, they won 24–21 against the Cincinnati Bengals; he became the fourth Bears head coach to win his debut game, joining George Halas (1920), Neill Armstrong (1978) and Dick Jauron (1999). After winning in week two against the Minnesota Vikings, Trestman also joined Halas and Armstrong as the only coaches in Bears history to win his first two games as Bears head coach. The week fifteen win against the Cleveland Browns improved the Bears to 8–6; at the time, the 8 wins were the most by a first-year head coach in franchise history since Paddy Driscoll in 1956 (9 wins) and the most by a Bears first-year head coach in the Super Bowl era. Trestman's first season as Bears head coach ended with an 8–8 record, second in the NFC North. Trestman's offensive prowess aided the Bears, who concluded 2013 with the second-best scoring offense with 445 points, trailing the Denver Broncos, and a 14-place increase from 2012. The Bears also had the fifth-best offensive yardage gained with 4281 yards. The offense also broke team records in total yards (6,109), passing yards (4,450), passing touchdowns (32) and first downs (344).
  The Bears struggled during Trestman's second season as head coach, earning a 5–11 record at season's end. The season included blowout losses to New England and Green Bay midseason, as well as a five-game losing streak to end the season. Despite this, Trestman spoke with confidence that he would be back as the Bears' head coach next season following a 13–9 loss to the Minnesota Vikings. Trestman and general manager Phil Emery were fired at the end of the season. Trestman issued a final statement before leaving: "I want to thank Virginia, George and the McCaskey family, Phil Emery and Ted Phillips for giving me the opportunity to be the head coach of the Chicago Bears.  I also want to thank all the coaches and players who gave us everything we asked over the past two years.  I have tremendous respect for this organization.  Chicago is a special city with great fans.  I appreciate the warm support my family and I received."
  Trestman was appointed as the offensive coordinator for the Baltimore Ravens on January 20, 2015. He was fired on October 10, 2016, a day after a 16–10 loss to the Washington Redskins and replaced by Marty Mornhinweg.
caption: Trestman at 2014 Chicago Bears training camp.
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