After a year out of the NFL, Pete Carroll wants to coach again and is interested in the Bears. Here's why they should be interested in him.

Do the Bears regret not trying to hire Harbaugh last year? Carroll, while much older, is one of the few candidates in the same mold.

Former Seahawks Super-Bowl winning HC Pete Carroll has expressed interest in the Bears HC job and would like to return to the sideline next season, league sources tell ESPN. Carroll is one of four head coaches to have led teams to both a national championship and the Super… pic.twitter.com/qs6g4v1lTA

The timing might not be right for a 73-year-old defensive-minded coach. But Carroll’s candidacy is a reminder of how much the Bears need someone like him — an energetic, aggressive personality who would shake things up at Halas Hall.