John Fox may not have secured another head-coaching job for 2018, but he is not leaving the game of football. According to Richard Deitsch of The Athletic, Fox has been hired by ESPN as an NFL studio analyst. There was no confirmation of where exactly he will be used this upcoming season. Deitsch noted the studio lost Herm Edwards to Arizona State and there is a "possibility of some its studio crew moving to Monday Night Football."

Fox was fired by the Chicago Bears a day after the conclusion of the 2017 season. Hired in 2015 to help pick up the pieces following two dismal seasons with Marc Trestman at the helm, Fox was a major disappointment in Chicago. After going 6-10 in his first season with the organization in 2015 the team won just three games in 2016. Despite numerous pleas from fans for the organization to fire him earlier this season, the Bears stuck with Fox through this season. He ended his third year with a 5-11 record.

The veteran coach ended his Bears career with 14 wins and 34 losses. By comparison, Trestman won 13 games in two seasons with the Bears. Fox's .292 winning percentage is second-worst in team history behind Abe Gibron. Between 1972 and 1974, Gibron's squad went 11-30-1. He ended his Bears tenure with a .268 winning percentage.

Fox began his NFL coaching career with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1989 as a defensive backs coach. He then held the same position with the San Diego Chargers (1992-1993) before getting the defensive coordinator job with the Los Angeles Raiders in 1994. Following two years in L.A., he joined the St. Louis Rams as a personnel consultant before taking over as the defensive coordinator of the New York Giants between 1997 and 2001. He earned his first head-coaching job with the Carolina Panthers in 2002 and took his team to the Super Bowl a year later.

During his nine years with the Panthers he went 73-71. After his firing he was quickly hired by the Denver Broncos in 2011. In his second season he took the Broncos to the Super Bowl but ultimately lost to the Seattle Seahawks. He was fired after the 2014 season. The veteran coach went 46-18 with the Broncos.

Fox resurfaced at the NFL Scouting Combine and noted he was fairly content with what he was doing at the time.

“I’m being paid pretty good to do nothing,” he said, via Patrick Finley of the Chicago Sun-Times.

The jump into the media scene is a bit of a head-scratcher considering Fox's interaction with the media during his tenure with the Bears. He often gave short answers and was evasive throughout many of his press conferences with the organization. His addition to ESPN's coverage will at least pique the interest of fans at the start in order to see if he is any different now that he is not a head coach.