 In the 2017 season, the Colts went 4-12 and the Colts missed the playoffs for the third consecutive year and head coach Chuck Pagano was fired.After spending 2018 as a defensive analyst for Missouri, he joined Kansas State in to serve as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach under first-year coach Chris Klieman.A month later, however, he departed the position to become the Chicago Bears' senior defensive assistant and outside linebackers coach, reuniting him with Bears defensive coordinator Chuck Pagano whom he worked with in Baltimore and Indianapolis.