The Bears on Friday hired Mike Tice to be their offensive line coach. He spent the past four seasons as assistant head coach with the Jacksonville Jaguars, also as tight ends coach the last three years. Prior to joining the Jaguars, Tice spent 14 seasons with the Minnesota Vikings as a player and coach. After playing tight end for three seasons (1992-93, '95), he worked as tight ends coach in 1996 and offensive line coach from 1997-2001 before being promoted to head coach. Tice compiled a 33-34 record as head coach, including 1-1 in the playoffs. In his first year in that role in 2002, Minnesota led the NFL in rushing for the first time in franchise history with 2,507 yards. As an offensive line coach, Tice tutored five different players-Matt Birk, Jeff Christy, Randall McDaniel, Todd Steussie and Korey Stringer-to 10 Pro Bowl appearances. In 1998, when the Vikings scored an NFL-record 556 points, three Minnesota offensive linemen started in the Pro Bowl.
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