The Bears are expected to hire Kerry Joseph as their new quarterbacks coach, a source confirmed Friday.

Joseph worked with new offensive coordinator Shane Waldron the last three years in Seattle, the first as the assistant receivers coach and the last two as the assistant quarterbacks coach.

Joseph’s work with Geno Smith in 2022 garnered the quarterback the Comeback Player of the Year Award.

The 50-year-old is set to coach quarterbacks in the Senior Bowl next week in Mobile, Ala.

Joseph be influential in developing the Bears’ quarterback next year, be it USC star Caleb WIlliams or incumbent Justin Fields. If Fields stays, he’ll have to learn his third new offense in four NFL seasons.

The McNeese State alum played quarterback in college and then safety as a member of the Seahawks. He moved to the CFL to play quarterback and became a star, earning Most Outstanding Player honors in 2007 for the Grey Cup-winning Saskatchewan Roughriders. He began his coaching career in 2014, served as McNeese State’s interim head coach in 2018 and joined the Seahawks as an offensive assistant in 2020.