Examining 49ers’ potential DC candidates after Wilks firing originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
The 49ers-Steve Wilks pairing didn’t work, resulting in the team parting ways with the defensive coordinator after just one season.
Now, after falling just short in Super Bowl LVIII, San Francisco’s focus is on returning to the big stage in 2024 with a new guy calling plays for the unit that for so long has carried its success.
Coach Kyle Shanahan told Bay Area reporters via conference call Wednesday that he will look within the building at his own staff for potential suitors, as well as outside the organization for coaches who could fit well in San Francisco’s complex system.
NBC Sports Bay Area’s Matt Maiocco and Jennifer Lee Chan discussed Wilks’ firing on the latest “49ers Talk” and examined a list of potential candidates for the role.
Here is a list of potential candidates:
Internal
Nick Sorensen
Sorensen is fresh off his first season as the 49ers defensive passing game/nickels coach. He spent the 2022 season, his first with San Francisco, as a defensive assistant.
In 2022, the 49ers’ defense ranked first overall in the NFL, allowing 300.6 total yards per game and first with 16.3 points allowed per game.
Before coming to the Bay, Sorensen spent the 2021 season with the Jacksonville Jaguars as the special teams coordinator.
Daniel Bullocks
Bullocks completed his seventh season with the 49ers and first as the team’s defensive backs coach.
He spent the previous four seasons (2019-22) as San Francisco’s safeties coach and the previous two seasons (2017-18) as an assistant defensive backs coach.
Kris Kocurek
Kocurek has spent the last five seasons as the 49ers defensive line coach.
He joined San Francisco in 2019 after spending the previous season with the Miami Dolphins as the defensive line coach.
Johnny Holland
Holland will enter his eighth season with the 49ers and potentially the fifth as the team’s linebackers coach.
He previously served as the team’s linebackers coach…
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Publish date : 2024-02-15 18:19:04
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