The Bears on Tuesday hired Mike Adams as their assistant defensive backs coach.
Adams played safety for 16 NFL seasons with the 49ers (2004-06), Browns (2007-11), Broncos (2012-13), Colts (2014-16), Panthers (2017-18) and Texans (2019). He appeared in 228 games with 149 starts and recorded 30 interceptions—returning two for touchdowns—935 tackles, 90 pass breakups, 19 tackles-for-loss, 13 forced fumbles, 16 fumble recoveries and six sacks.
Adams had his most success with the Colts, earning the only two Pro Bowl trips of his career in back-to-back seasons in 2014-15. He established career highs with 87 tackles and five interceptions in 2014 and then followed with five interceptions again in 2015.
Adams entered the NFL in 2004 as an undrafted free agent from Delaware, where he played with Bears coach Matt Nagy.
Adams is part of a revamped defensive coaching staff in Chicago. Since the end of the 2020 season, the Bears have promoted Sean Desai from safeties coach to defensive coordinator and Bill Shuey from defensive pass analyst/assistant linebackers coach to outside linebackers coach, and hired position coaches Chris Rumph (defensive line) and Bill McGovern (inside linebackers).
Adams will work alongside Deshea Townsend, who returns for his third season as Bears defensive backs coach.
Check out the best photos of the 2020 season—taken by Bears photographers—featuring players on the defensive side of the ball.
![CB Kyle Fuller](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/xklzl32vgrt8zxjt1zpl.jpg)
CB Kyle Fuller
![CB Jaylon Johnson](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/g6swauss3ytozeivmk4n.jpg)
CB Jaylon Johnson
![OLB Khalil Mack, OLB Robert Quinn](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/vqbzoodowssjxrv8ajeq.jpg)
OLB Khalil Mack, OLB Robert Quinn
![S Deon Bush](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/fcseoi6btmgngml3gacf.jpg)
S Deon Bush
![ILB Danny Trevathan](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/gosakrmidj5tnshlbvmg.jpg)
ILB Danny Trevathan
![ILB Danny Trevathan, DL Roy Robertson-Harris](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/inplahmnheqizayenqp4.jpg)
ILB Danny Trevathan, DL Roy Robertson-Harris
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![OLB Khalil Mack](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/lylic0azk16qdclcovqs.jpg)
OLB Khalil Mack
![ILB Danny Trevathan](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/pbbneqosnyhrzbwbrura.jpg)
ILB Danny Trevathan
![CB Jaylon Johnson](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/oyyshqpyr5vt5zxnbfoy.jpg)
CB Jaylon Johnson
![CB Buster Skrine](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/o2jouchp18bw6usxcjmy.jpg)
CB Buster Skrine
![DT Akiem Hicks](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/tixrqu6wingtoafd5fek.jpg)
DT Akiem Hicks
![DT Akiem Hicks](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/p09oq6mz72qbwysy12jx.jpg)
DT Akiem Hicks
![ILB Roquan Smith](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/ke21xsrp5ivo0ie8ubba.jpg)
ILB Roquan Smith
![ILB Roquan Smith, DT Akiem Hicks](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/cvjfmqc7sxch1xjnx0st.jpg)
ILB Roquan Smith, DT Akiem Hicks
![DE Mario Edwards Jr.](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/j4znmz0pv7gukvtzyb4n.jpg)
DE Mario Edwards Jr.
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![OLB Robert Quinn](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/kqaatxo6k3rnhgeorjxr.jpg)
OLB Robert Quinn
![NT Bilal Nichols](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/zjcg9iavqfkd6vv7e4iy.jpg)
NT Bilal Nichols
![S Tashaun Gipson Sr.](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/ad3hj6rnh0flgxkv63ky.jpg)
S Tashaun Gipson Sr.
![DL Roy Robertson-Harris](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/rife1loludsoaj1n0wrr.jpg)
DL Roy Robertson-Harris
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©Chicago Bears 2021
![OLB Khalil Mack](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/uf6qzlpmkevfq2b7hxp2.jpg)
OLB Khalil Mack
![CB Buster Skrine](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/so7uiqxf5qpg32pvqrqw.jpg)
CB Buster Skrine
![CB Kyle Fuller, ILB Roquan Smith](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/bch2otpv64fwdgaudzgb.jpg)
CB Kyle Fuller, ILB Roquan Smith
![OLB James Vaughters](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/q1zwvpoqzy3m6isojngs.jpg)
OLB James Vaughters
![ILB Danny Trevathan](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/axqhb1jeb3nsuhfnb2f0.jpg)
ILB Danny Trevathan
![S Eddie Jackson, CB Jaylon Johnson](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/kccehl7iifdxxbholi8x.jpg)
S Eddie Jackson, CB Jaylon Johnson
![S Eddie Jackson](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/nv8rp4idga4lwminjqsr.jpg)
S Eddie Jackson
![©Chicago Bears 2021](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/j8s7xhi1oiktqotuup5r.jpg)
©Chicago Bears 2021
![DL Brent Urban](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/ulmsssleun4pfdf904d9.jpg)
DL Brent Urban
![DT Akiem Hicks](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/nz8lyejljzuaorvtqrpw.jpg)
DT Akiem Hicks
![NT Daniel McCullers](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/uyalfz83wjhi5cclesyx.jpg)
NT Daniel McCullers
![OLB Khalil Mack](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/mfuvepbntuxpuzkwrerr.jpg)
OLB Khalil Mack
![NT Bilal Nichols, OLB Khalil Mack](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/edw6uk3j3qrzjzxtjfoz.jpg)
NT Bilal Nichols, OLB Khalil Mack
![NT Bilal Nichols](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/x8jydc9imasfwuucqdhj.jpg)
NT Bilal Nichols
![OLB Barkevious Mingo](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/xdusrebtzrximikimz7f.jpg)
OLB Barkevious Mingo
![NT John Jenkins](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/gvaal9nsp8iynfysclrr.jpg)
NT John Jenkins
![OLB Trevis Gipson](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/jwuzrmvr62z1urbhpjnc.jpg)
OLB Trevis Gipson
![S DeAndre Houston-Carson](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/gisgu9bkwr8yzsvefa1x.jpg)
S DeAndre Houston-Carson
![NT Bilal Nichols](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/qvyp9hw527njzscybaxq.jpg)
NT Bilal Nichols
![©Chicago Bears 2021](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/z8nly2bdq7st8wewbcfg.jpg)
©Chicago Bears 2021
![DT Akiem Hicks](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/jmsqopxjnflbzpzz9giz.jpg)
DT Akiem Hicks
![©Chicago Bears 2021](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/gq9fxmc9zrggsqvcuppk.jpg)
©Chicago Bears 2021
![CB Kindle Vildor](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/zv4fryzpyumkdvmsseft.jpg)
CB Kindle Vildor
![DE Mario Edwards Jr.](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/mxbdwwj0dfvw1su1fzez.jpg)
DE Mario Edwards Jr.
![CB Duke Shelley](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/kwwmnkacpann9ssr5k2n.jpg)
CB Duke Shelley
![NT Bilal Nichols, S Eddie Jackson](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/wtzfrcgao2iqyko5t99h.jpg)
NT Bilal Nichols, S Eddie Jackson
![OLB Khalil Mack](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/zerojl7oa95bchzzllru.jpg)
OLB Khalil Mack
![OLB Khalil Mack](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/ibhgysvce217uoq8wz5k.jpg)
OLB Khalil Mack