2013 Chicago Bears season The Chicago Bears season will be the franchise ' s upcoming 94th season in the National Football League . The season will be the first year under new head coach Marc Trestman , as Lovie Smith was fired on December 31 , 2012 when the Bears missed the playoffs after a 7 – 1 start . The team will play at Soldier Field for the 11th season since its reconstruction in 2001 . Offseason . Organizational changes . On December 31 , 2012 , nine - year head coach Lovie Smith was fired . After Smith ' s firing , the Bears requested interviews with Montreal Alouettes ' head coach Marc Trestman , Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator Mike Singletary and special teams coordinator Mike Priefer , Houston Texans ' offensive coordinator Rick Dennison , Tampa Bay Buccaneers ' offensive coordinator Mike Sullivan , Seattle Seahawks ' offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell , Atlanta Falcons ' special teams coordinator Keith Armstrong , Dallas Cowboys ' special teams coordinator Joe DeCamillis , Green Bay Packers ' offensive coordinator Tom Clements , Denver Broncos ' offensive coordinator Mike McCoy , New Orleans Saints ' offensive coordinator Pete Carmichael , and Indianapolis Colts ' offensive coordinator Bruce Arians , along with in - house candidate and special teams coordinator Dave Toub . The hunt later narrowed down to Trestman , Bevell and Arians . Ultimately , Trestman was hired on January 15 . After Trestman ' s hiring , he hired New Orleans Saints ' offensive line coach Aaron Kromer as offensive coordinator , and the Cowboys reported that DeCamillis will join the Bears as the team ' s assistant head coach / special teams coordinator . Trestman also hired Andy Bischoff and Michael Sinclair as tight ends and defensive line coaches , respectively ; both coaches had worked with Trestman in Montreal . Alouettes offensive coordinator Pat Meyer also joined the Bears as offensive line coach , along with defensive coordinator Tim Tibesar as linebackers coach . Former Alouettes coaches Brendan Nugent and Carson Walch were hired as offensive quality control assistants . On January 15 , Toub announced that he is leaving the Bears for the Kansas City Chiefs . Two days later , it was announced that defensive coordinator Rod Marinelli will not return . Eight assistants were also dismissed : quarterbacks coach Jeremy Bates , running backs coach Tim Spencer , wide receivers coach Darryl Drake , tight ends coach Mike DeBord , offensive line coach Tim Holt , linebackers coach Bob Babich , defensive backs coach Gill Byrd , and offensive coordinator Mike Tice . To replace Bates and Spencer , Chicago hired Matt Cavanaugh and Skip Peete as quarterbacks and running backs coach , respectively . To take Marinelli ' s place , the Bears hired Jacksonville Jaguars ' defensive coordinator Mel Tucker . On February 21 , Trestman ' s staff was completed after the Bears hired Alabama coach Mike Groh as wide receivers coach . On January 19 , Bears director of physical development Rusty Jones announced that he is retiring after 28 years in the NFL . He was eventually replaced by Mike Clark . On January 28 , Chicago hired former Bears safety Chris Harris as defensive quality control , with Sean Desai serving the same position , along with Dwayne Stukes as assistant special teams coordinator . Preseason . Schedule . The Bears ' preseason opponents and schedule will be announced in the spring . Regular season . Schedule . 2013 opponents . Listed below are the Bears ' opponents for . Exact dates and times will be announced in April . NFL . com ranked the Bears ' schedule as the sixteenth - strongest in the lead , with all opponents having a combined record of 128 – 127 – 1 , and a winning percentage total of . 502 .