Former Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll is clearly showing a desire to return to coaching. In late December it was announced Carroll was interested in the Bears’ top job, and he even recently completed an interview with Chicago. Now, there is another team inquiring about Carroll’s potential services.

The Chicago Bears plan to interview former Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll for their head-coaching job Thursday, a league source confirmed Tuesday. ESPN first reported the news. The outlet and others also reported Tuesday that the Dallas Cowboys denied the Bears’ request to interview Dallas coach Mike McCarthy for the vacant coaching job.

The Chicago Bears interviewed former Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll for their head coaching job on Thursday. The 73-year-old Carroll is looking to return to the sideline after moving into an advisory role with the Seahawks at the end of last season.

Bears plan to interview former Seahawks coach Pete Carroll for their vacant head coach job Thursday, sources tell me and @JFowlerESPN

Carroll, who won a Super Bowl with the Seahawks, is scheduled to interview with the Bears on Thursday, a source said. He is one of more than a dozen coaches the Bears have requested to interview as general manager Ryan Poles seeks to do a deeper dive into the candidate pool than he did when he hired Matt Eberflus in 2022.

After reportedly interviewing for the Chicago Bears' coaching vacancy, veteran coach Pete Carroll is said to have lined up a second interview with a different team. Carroll will interview for the Las Vegas Raiders' head coaching job next week,

Pete Carroll is interested in the Bears' vacant coaching job and it seems like it's mutual. He would be an intriguing fit in Chicago.

Schneider took the pitch back to head coach Pete Carroll, who wasn’t ready to end the marriage with Wilson quite yet. Carroll said no — but a year later would say yes when the Broncos called, landing two first-round picks, two second-rounders, a fifth-rounder and three veterans. Not a bad return for a quarterback drafted in the third round in 2012.

Chicago requested to interview both Detroit Lions' coordinators, Ben Johnson and Aaron Glenn. The Bears also put in a request to interview Dallas Cowboys' head coach Mike McCarthy, which Dallas reportedly shut down according to ESPN's Adam Schefter.

The Chicago Bears were denied an interview with Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy for their head coaching vacancy but will sit down with longtime NFL coach Pete Carroll on Thursday, according to pair of ESPN reports on Tuesday.