UPDATE: Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson will interview with the Bears on Saturday, per FOX Sports’ Jordan Schultz.

The hottest name in the NFL coaching carousel will take a spin in Chicago.

The Bears have requested to interview Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson for their vacant head coach opening, per NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero. The Bears also requested to interview Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn.

The Bears can interview Johnson starting Wednesday and during the Lions’ playoff bye week, which they earned by claiming the NFC’s No. 1 seed.

Johnson, 38, has been Detroit’s offensive coordinator since 2022 and heavily linked to head coach openings the last two years, though he opted to remain with the Lions each time.

Under Johnson’s watch, the Lions’ offense has become the standard in the NFL. In his three seasons as OC, Detroit has ranked as a top-five offense by yards and points each year. This season, the Lions were first in points scored, second in yards, sixth in rushing yards and second in passing yards.

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It’s seemingly the perfect profile for the Bears.

The Bears ranked 29th out of 32 teams in points scored and last in yards in 2024. Their passing offense was 29th in yards and their rush offense was 25th. Amidst their 10-game losing streak that torpedoed their season, the Bears never scored 30 points and scored 20 or more just twice in that span. They accumulated more than 300 yards of offense just five times in that stretch and threw less than 100 yards in a game three times.

Those numbers are even more disappointing when you factor in the expectations that surrounded the Bears entering 2024. Buoyed by quarterback Caleb Williams, the top pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, and Rome Odunze, the wide receiver taken No. 9 overall, the Bears’ offense had high expectations. The Bears also added former Pro Bowl running back D’Andre Swift and six-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Keenan Allen to that offensive mix that included DJ Moore and tight end Cole Kmet. But the offense never lived up to its billing.

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In adding a head coach such as Johnson, the Bears would hope to maximize the most out of Williams, whom they hope to be their long-awaited franchise QB.

Johnson has been with Detroit for six seasons, beginning as offensive quality control coach in 2019, before becoming tight ends coach for two seasons. He began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Boston College, then was elevated to tight ends coach.

In 2012, as a 26-year-old, Johnson was named an offensive assistant with the Miami Dolphins. He served as an assistant QB coach for three seasons, then an assistant wide receivers coach for two more seasons before being named the head wide receivers coach in 2018.