49ers, Robert Saleh and Defensive Coordinator
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.
Robert Saleh has been a popular name mentioned as a potential candidate to succeed Aaron Glenn as the defensive coordinator for the Detroit Lions. The former New York Jets head coach is a Detroit native who was a finalist for becoming the Lions’ head coach when the team hired Dan Campbell.
Robert Saleh and the 49ers were waiting for the former Jets head coach to be out of the mix for head coaching jobs before making his hire official.
Brant Boyer was announced Monday as the 49ers’ new special teams coordinator, a role he held the past nine season with the Jets, where he overlapped and worked under coach Robert Saleh, who was re-hired Friday as the 49ers’ defensive coordinator.
The San Francisco 49ers are bringing back Robert Saleh for a second stint as defensive coordinator after a failed tenure as head coach of the New York Jets. A person familiar with the choice told The Associated Press on Friday night that Saleh will rejoin the Niners after leaving to take over the Jets following the 2020
Saleh was previously the 49ers defensive coordinator from 2017–20 until taking the head coaching job with the New York Jets.
A day after The Athletic reported that the San Francisco 49ers were about to stage a reunion with Robert Saleh, the club announced Friday that the former New York Jets head coach is returning to his old job as defensive coordinator.
Former New York Jets head coach Robert Saleh has agreed to terms with the San Francisco 49ers to become the team's defensive coordinator, NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero reported on Friday.
The San Francisco 49ers addressed a lingering issue the team dealt with all season. Their special teams unit doomed them all year, and arguably led to their lack of success this past season. The team missed the playoffs for the first time since the COVID-shortened 2020 season and only the second time since the 2019 Read
The New York Jets promoted defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich to interim head coach after firing head coach Robert Saleh after Week 5. Say what you will about Saleh as New York’s head coach (20-36 in just over three seasons),
The San Francisco 49ers hired Robert Saleh for a second stint as defensive coordinator on Friday night after a failed tenure as head coach of the New York Jets.