A member of Kyle Shanahan's staff at the San Francisco 49ers, declined an interview to become the head coach of the New York Jets for the 2025 NFL season.

Shanahan was not asked directly about the Saleh report but said of the decision to go in a different direction at defensive coordinator: "I feel there's some options out there tha

The San Francisco 49ers have many options in front of them, and trading HC Kyle Shanahan is a possible way for the team to move forward.

The San Francisco 49ers will have their work cut out for them this offseason as they look to recover from a disastrous 2024 campaign. and they may look to old friend Robert Saleh for help

The 49ers are hoping to keep Sorensen around on Kyle Shanahan's staff in a lesser role, just not as the defensive play-caller. Sorensen has spent the last three years in the organization, holding titles of defensive assistant, defensive passing game coordinator and nickelback coach before being named defensive coordinator prior to last season.

The San Francisco 49ers are gearing up for the 2025 NFL season, with Kyle Shanahan poised to bring in a controversial figure as the new defensive coordinator.

This year's crop of candidates includes coaches who check both boxes. Headlining that list is Robert Saleh, who held the 49ers coordinator post from 2017-2020 before becoming the New York Jets head coach.

The jump from position coach to head coach is unusual but not unprecedented. A great example of it working is Andy Reid, who went from Packers quarterbacks coach to Eagles head coach in 1999. Reid has won 273 regular season games, the fourth most in NFL history, and has won three Super Bowls with the Chiefs.

New York needs to determine if they merely want to make the playoffs or be a championship contender moving forward.

Kyle Shanahan has ... Achilles derailed the Jets' season in 2023, so Saleh survived for another season. He entered 2024 on the hot seat and after five games, the New York front office saw enough ...

The star pass rusher tallied 12 sacks for the Nittany Lions on the way to being named a unanimous first-team All-American.

The future of the San Francisco 49ers defense could be decided over the next three days as the Jacksonville Jaguars coaching search winds down. Jacksonville has second interviews scheduled Wednesday,