While they acted quickly in interviewing former New York Jets head coach and 49ers DC Robert Saleh, and Detroit Lions defensive backs coach Deshea Townsend, their search appears to have stalled. Now they’re running out of options.

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The 49ers finished the 2024 season 6-11, their worst record since head coach Kyle Shanahan's second season in 2018 (4-12).

We've got some internal and external candidates to watch. It's hard to ignore Kelvin Sheppard as anything but one of the favorites for the job.

The San Francisco 49ers began their search for a new defensive coordinator Thursday by interviewing Robert Saleh for a second stint at the job and Detroit Lions assistant Deshea Townsend. Saleh is a 2001 graduate of Northern Michigan University who played football for four years for the Wildcats.

Glenn and Campbell came over together from the Saints. The defensive coordinator left his mark in Detroit as a culture builder who worked through a ton of adversity.

The 49ers announced that they have completed a pair of interviews in their search for a new defensive coordinator.

Former Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Larry Foote is a candidate for the Detroit Lions defensive coordinator vacancy, according to a report by Jordan Schultz of Bleacher-Report.

Of course, we said the same thing last year, and both ended up returning to the team for another shot at a championship in Detroit. Because the Lions earned a first-round bye in the postseason, Johnson and Glenn can start interviewing virtually for coaching positions starting this Wednesday (January 8),

Can you coach for the Lions next year? This is nuts. How will they replace all these guys?Hermy, this is a little different, definitely. And the reason why is a lot of times you’ll have guys trickling out of a successful program,

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