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.

Brown was named the new Chicago Bears interim head coach after the team announced the firing of Matt Eberflus on Friday. The move came just over two weeks since he was named the team's offensive coordinator, a promotion he received after starting the season as the team's passing game coordinator.

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,