"I just told him he is not going to be the defense coordinator," said Shanahan at the 49ers' end of season press conference "He’s under contract still and I’m really hoping th

Later on Thursday, then-Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive coordinator Liam Coen had a change of heart, the Jacksonville Jaguars quickly moved to hire him as head coach and Saleh, who told Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch that he’d return to the 49ers if he didn’t get a head-coaching job, stayed true to his promise.

With the Jacksonville Jaguars conducting initial ... Los Angeles Chargers in the same position before 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan hired him two weeks later as his defensive coordinator.

But that one down season has been confused for dysfunction within the 49ers organization, getting as far as reports about a potential Shanahan trade that had to be shooed away. Su

Saleh was fired as the Jets’ coach five games into this season and is now back with the 49ers, where he made his name in the NFL.

The Minnesota Vikings are incredibly lucky to have defensive coordinator Brian Flores on staff for now — and likely in the future as well. However, Flores deserves to have a head-coaching job.

Robert Saleh’s encore as 49ers defensive coordinator took on more likelihood as the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Las Vegas Raiders hired others to fill their head coach vacancies.

Last offseason, former Eagles and 49ers head coach Chip Kelly interviewed at least twice for the Raiders’ offensive coordinator job, a job that ultimately went to Luke Getsy (who lasted only nine games in Las Vegas).

(Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) Saleh was expected to conduct a second interview with the Jacksonville Jaguars ... pass-game coordinator. Coach Kyle Shanahan said earlier this month he’d ...

Nobody knows how to make a mess of things quite like Trent Baalke of the Jacksonville Jaguars.

San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan is welcoming 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh back to the same role, per NFL Media. Saleh served as Shanahan's original 49ers defensive coordinator for four seasons from 2017 to 2020,