MOBILE, Ala. -- The Chicago Bears assuaged concerns about the potential departure of offensive coordinator Mike Tice on Monday with an announcement that the coach is no longer in the running for the Oakland Raiders head coaching job.

"I would've loved to go through the process," Tice told ESPNChicago.com on Monday night.

Scheduled to interview with the Raiders on Tuesday at the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala., Tice received a phone call Sunday night -- according to a league source -- from his agent Jimmy Sexton with news that Oakland decided to move into the second-interview phase of the process, and didn't want to wait until Tuesday to interview the coach.

Tice had been vacationing in Florida and California, and during that time the Raiders -- after receiving permission last week to interview the coach -- spoke to two candidates they immediately became interested in taking to the next phase of the process, according to the source. That led to the Raiders calling Sexton to cancel Tice's interview.