Former Chicago Bears defensive coordinator Alan Williams and his wife, Lisa, on April 12 sold their five-bedroom, 4,450-square-foot house in Lake Forest for $2.75 million.
Williams, 54, has coached defense for a variety of NFL teams. He joined the Bears in early 2022 from the Indianapolis Colts along with his boss with the Colts, Matt Eberflus, who was hired at that time to be Bears’ head coach.
Williams mysteriously vanished partway through the 2023 Bears season, and he resigned Sept. 20, a week after taking a personal absence and missing a game. Williams’ resignation statement included a comment that Williams was taking a step back to care for his health and his family. However, multiple sources told the Tribune’s Bears reporters at that time was that his exit was conduct-related.
Through an opaque land trust, Williams and his wife paid $2.24 million in August 2022 for the Lake Forest house. Built in 1999 and completely remodeled in 2023, the house has five bathrooms, four fireplaces, new recessed lighting, a two-story great room with a beamed ceiling, a library with Alder wood paneling and built-in shelves, freshly refinished hardwood floors and a kitchen with a Thermador dishwasher, a Wolf 48-inch stove/oven, a Sub-Zero refrigerator and a KitchenAid micro/convection oven.
Other features include a butler’s pantry with a Sub-Zero mini-fridge, a primary bedroom suite with an upgraded bathroom, and an English basement with new carpeting, a wet bar, a 500-bottle wine cellar, a recreation/media area, an exercise room and an office area. The house also has two new furnaces and newly repainted staircase spindles.
Outside on the 1.38-acre property are a heated swimming pool and a barbecue area with a pergola, a granite bar, an outdoor fireplace and a Sonos sound system.
The Williamses first listed the home on Feb. 1 for $2.79 million. They found a buyer exactly one month later, and the deal closed April 12.
Listing agent Kati Spaniak did not respond to a request for comment.
The house had a $28,935 property tax bill in the 2022 tax year.
Williams’ home sale followed by a little more than a week the $1.6 million sale of a six-bedroom, 5,610-square-foot house in Waukegan by ousted former Bears offensive coordinator Luke Getsy and his wife, Tina, who sold their home April 4.
