MIAMI – Special teams coordinator Dave Toub was shocked and angry when he learned that some media outlets were reporting that he had agreed to leave the Bears after the Super Bowl to accept the same position with the Eagles.

“There’s nothing to it,” Toub said Tuesday at the Bears team hotel. “It’s crazy.”

Dave Toub coached the NFL's No. 1-ranked special teams unit in 2006.

Toub, whose contract expires after the season, was Philadelphia’s assistant special teams coach from 2001-03 under John Harbaugh, who became the Eagles’ secondary coach last week.

“Total speculation really is what it is,” said Toub, who joined the Bears in 2004 as part of Lovie Smith’s first coaching staff. "I can see where it’s coming from, the fact that I was at Philly and worked for John Harbaugh.

“Now there’s a spot open and people are jumping to conclusions that I’m going back. But right now I’m here. I’m a Bears coach. My contract is up at the end of the year. But as with Lovie, I’m sure they’re going to address it at the end of the year.”

Toub had to spend part of Monday calming his wife, who called him from their Chicago area home after an enterprising real estate agent had heard the rumor on the radio and offered to help them sell their house. 

Toub is puzzled why anyone would think that he’d want to leave the Bears. Chicago’s special teams unit ranked first in the NFL in 2006 based on a composite ranking system that includes 22 statistical categories including return yards, coverage, field goals, blocked kicks and penalties.

Toub also coaches three Pro Bowl players in kicker Robbie Gould, return specialist Devin Hester and the versatile Brendon Ayanbadejo.

“How could I not be happy?” Toub said. “I’ve got three Pro Bowl players and a bunch of other core players who are all coming back. We’re in the Super Bowl. I mean, there’s no other team that compares as far as special teams goes.

“I want to come back. We have a house here. I don’t want to move. I’ve got a great group of guys that work hard. I’ve got a great head coach that lets me do my job. We’ve got something great going here that we can keep going for a long time.”