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Bears start clearing out the personnel department

Ryan Pace

New Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Pace speaks at a news conference in Lake Forest, Ill., Friday, Jan. 9, 2015. Pace was introduced Friday as the Bears’ GM, charged with turning around a franchise with just one playoff appearance in the past eight years. (AP Photo/Daily Herald, Steve Lundy) MAGAZINES OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT

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The league’s youngest General Manager isn’t wasting any time moving on from some old Bears.

New G.M. Ryan Pace is interviewing coach John Fox today, but has already begun the process of clearing out some holdovers from the previous regime.

According to John Mullin of CSNChicago.com, pro personnel director Kevin Turks was let go after 13 years with the team.

Turks started with the Bears as a scouting intern under Jerry Angelo, and hung on through the transition to Phil Emery. The move’s not necessarily a surprise, since Pace was in charge of pro personnel in New Orleans before getting the Bears gig.