Robert Saleh lands San Francisco 49ers job after getting fired by the New York Jets

The San Francisco 49ers are expected to prosecute Robert Saleh arsenic their caller antiaircraft coordinator, according to The Athletic. 

Saleh, who held the aforesaid relation with the 49ers betwixt 2017 and 2020, has been retired of enactment since getting fired by the New York Jets in October.

He has interviewed for assorted caput coaching roles successful the past fewer weeks and was thought to beryllium a starring campaigner with the Jacksonville Jaguars.

However, that contention took a chaotic crook Thursday erstwhile Tampa Bay Buccaneers violative coordinator Liam Coen rejoined the race and closed successful connected a daze determination crossed Florida, contempt agreeing a caller declaration successful Tampa.

Saleh was owed to alert to Jacksonville connected Thursday for different interrogation with the Jaguars but cancelled his formation erstwhile the Coen quality had emerged.

Now helium is primed to instrumentality to San Francisco with Kyle Shanahan and retake the reigns of the antiaircraft strategy helium created successful 2017. 

The 49ers fired Nick Sorensen earlier this period aft conscionable 1 play successful the relation and were seeking their 4th antiaircraft coordinator successful the past 4 seasons. 

DeMeco Ryans near aft his 2nd play successful the relation successful 2022 to go caput manager for the Houston Texans and Steve Wilks was fired aft the 2023 play erstwhile San Francisco went to the Super Bowl.

The 49ers regressed this play nether Sorensen arsenic the injury-filled portion struggled to make turnovers, halt the tally and make accordant unit connected the quarterback.

San Francisco has tally a akin strategy for the past respective years to the 1 started during Saleh's tenure, but Shanahan said helium wants a coordinator who tin amended accommodate to the unit and is unfastened to changing scheme. 

Saleh helped physique a defence that was 1 of the league's astir ascendant units the erstwhile fewer years. He was Shanahan's archetypal antiaircraft coordinator successful 2017 and struggled the archetypal 2 seasons.

But aft the squad drafted antiaircraft extremity Nick Bosa successful 2019 and implemented the 'wide nine' strategy that featured borderline rushers lining up wide and focusing connected getting up field, the defence took off.

San Francisco went to the Super Bowl successful the 2019 play and inactive had a beardown play the pursuing play erstwhile Bosa missed astir the full twelvemonth with a genu injury, starring to Saleh getting the caput coaching occupation with the New York Jets.

Saleh was fired midway done this past season, but the Jets had a beardown defence nether his tenure.