Chicago Bears head coach Lovie Smith watches practice in Lake Forest, Ill., Thursday, June 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Chicago Bears' Devin Hester is hugged by head coach Lovie Smith, right, after returning a punt 89 yards for a touchdown in the first quarter of an NFL football game against the Minnesota Vikings Sunday, Oct. 14, 2007, at Soldier Field in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Chicago Bears coach Lovie Smith shakes hands with Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy after an NFL football game Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Mike Roemer)

Chicago Bears general manager Jerry Angelo, left, new player Jay Cutler, center, and head coach Lovie Smith pose for a photo during a news conference, Friday, April 3, 2009, in Lake Forest, Ill. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Chicago Bears head coach Lovie Smith, right, celebrates with tight end Greg Olsen (82) after Olsen's touchdown reception against the Seattle Seahawks during the first half an NFL divisional playoff football game Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Jim Prisching)

Chicago Bears head coach Lovie Smith looks around LP Field before an NFL football preseason game between the Chicago Bears and the Tennessee Titans on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Joe Howell)

Chicago Bears president and CEO Ted Phillips, left, talks with head coach Lovie Smith before an NFL preseason football game against the Cleveland Browns in Chicago, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Chicago Bears head coach Lovie Smith, right, hugs Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Derrick Brooks after the Bears defeated the Buccaneers, 13-10, Sunday afternoon Nov. 27, 2005, in Tampa, Fla. Smith is a former coach with the Buccaneers. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Chicago Bears' Lance Briggs (55) and Alex Brown dunk Bears coach Lovie Smith after the Bears' defeated the Green Bay Packers 21-10 in Green Bay, Wis., Sunday, Sept. 19, 2004. (AP Photo/Mike Roemer)

Chicago Bears head coach Lovie Smith, left, and linebacker Brian Urlacher smile during the fourth quarter of an NFL football game against San Francisco 49ers in Chicago, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2006. The Bears won 41-10. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Chicago Bears head football coach Lovie Smith arrives at Miami International Airport in Miami, Sunday, Jan. 28, 2007. The Bears will play the Indianapolis Colts in the Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 4. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Indianapolis Colts head coach Tony Dungy hugs Chicago Bears head coach Lovie Smith at the end of the Super Bowl XLI football game at Dolphin Stadium in Miami, Sunday, Feb. 4, 2007. The Colts defeated the Bears 29-17. (AP Photo/David Duprey)

Chicago coach Lovie Smith speaks next to the Vince Lombardi Super Bowl trophy during his press conference at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach, Fla., Friday, Feb. 2, 2007. The Indianapolis Colts will play the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI on Feb. 4. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Chicago Bears head coach Lovie Smith smiles before the NFL week 7 football game against the Detroit Lions on Monday, Oct. 22, 2012 in Chicago. The Bears won the game 13-7. (AP Photo/Paul Spinelli)

Chicago Bears head coach Lovie Smith watches from the sidelines during an NFL football game against the Detroit Lions at Ford Field in Detroit. The Chicago Bears fired Smith after nine seasons on Monday, Dec. 31, 2012, parting ways with a coach who led them to a Super Bowl but also oversaw late collapses the past two seasons. The dismissal with one year left on his contract comes after Chicago missed the playoffs for the fifth time in six seasons. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson)

Head Coach Lovie Smith of the Chicago Bears on the sidelines during the game against the New Orleans Saints at Soldier Field on August 27, 2004 in Chicago, Illinois. The Saints defeated the Bears 17-13. (AP Photo/Scott Boehm)