49ers Assistant Coaches are Patrick Hagedorn, Anthony Lynn, Brian Schneider, and Matthew Harper. Hagedorn joined the team in 2017.
Patrick is serving his sixth season with the team. He previously spent four seasons from 2017 to 2020 assisting the coaching staff. From 2015 to 2016 he was the director of football operations at Elon University prior to joining the 49ers.
Before associating with Elon, he was working with the Ball State University as a graduate assistant. Similarly, Lynn is currently in his first season with the team. He was serving as the offensive coordinator of the Lions in the 2021 season. Anthony is carrying out the Assistant Head Coach/Running Back Coach role in the squad.
Lynn brings 31 years of coaching experience to the team. Likewise, Schneider is also serving his first stint with the 49ers. He has more than 12 years of experience in his role as a special team coordinator in the League.
Matthew Harper is assisting Coach Brian in guiding the special team. He associated with the 49ers in the 2021 season. Prior to that, he was on the coaching staff of the Philadelphia Eagles for eight seasons from 2013 to 2020. There he fulfilled the assistant special team coach duties for five seasons.
Head Coach
Kyle Shanahan is the head coach of the San Francisco 49ers who was appointed on 6 February 2017. He was the 20th individual to be named in the role.
He was born on 14 December 1979 and played college football himself as a wide receiver at both Duke University and the University of Texas. His 20 years of coaching experience now, first began at UCLA in 2003 where he served as a graduate assistant.
Kyle made his NFL debut with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to carry out offensive quality control duties for two seasons, from 2004 to 2005. After the Buccaneers, he went on to tutor wide receivers of Houston Texans in 2006 and quarterbacks in 2007.
Shanahan was made the offensive coordinator of the Texans in 2008. He remained in the position with the team until 2009 spending a total of four seasons. Later, in 2010, he went to accompany the Washington Commanders in 2010.
Under his offensive lead, the Commanders went on to win the NFC East Division Championship in 2012 recording more than 3,400 passing yards, and above 2,400 rushing yards, becoming the first to do so in the same season.
Spending four seasons with the Commanders from 2010 to 2013, he led the team to finish ninth in total offense in the NFL and fifth in rushing yards per game.
In 2014, Kyle was associated with the Cleveland Browns in the offensive coordinator role and again with the Falcons in 2015. In 2016, he was named Associate Press Assistant Coach of the Year.
Career at the 49ers
Shanahan was appointed in the lead role to take the team forward in 2017 and came in with 15 years of experience in the NFL and the special team excelled.
K Robbie Gould went on to make 39 field goals in a single season that year which was the second-most in the history of the franchise. The punt coverage unit was ranked second in the League. Their offense was ranked 12th in the NFL.
During his first season as the head coach, Kyle led the team to maintain a 6-10 record which was an improvement by four games as compared to previous years.
The team consistently improved under his command over the years and in the 2021 season, the three players on the offensive line received Pro Bowl honors. The same year, the 49ers went for their second appearance in the NFC Championship in just three years.
Currently, the coach is sharing his seventh season with the team and the squad has taken a huge leap in terms on game improvement, most importantly the offense.
Offensive Coordinator
Chris Foerster is the run game coordinator/offensive line coach and it’s his first season in the position. Chris served as offensive line coach in 2021.
Foerster began his coaching journey by associating with Colorado State in the position of a graduate assistant in 1982. He also served as an assistant to the offensive line and special team coach from 1988 to 1991 at Standford University and as OL coach in 1992 for the University of Minnesota.
Chris’ NFL career began with the Vikings when he joined the team in 1993 and worked until 1995 as the assistant offensive line/TE coach. After that, he went to join the Buccaneers as the OL coach in 1996 and remained until 2001.
His association with the Colts as a TE coach came in 2002 and as an offensive coordinator at Miami Dolphins in 2004. Foerster went on to join the Baltimore Ravens in 2005 and served as OL coach and assistant head coach until 2007.
The coordinator appended with the Washington Redskins (now commanders) in 2010 to command the team’s offense. A unit led by Foerester went to rush for 2,709 yards which was the team record. It was also ranked the first in its category in the history of the NFL since 1993.
In the 2012-2013 season, his offensive line made one of the top rushing attacks in the League. He continued in the team until 2015. Miami Dolphins signed him as offensive line coach in 2016 and was made run game coordinator/offensive line coach in 2017.
Stint with the 49ers
Foerster’s first stint with the team began in 2008 when he was initially called to fill the co-offensive line coach role but was later named offensive line coach in week 8.
In 2009, RB Frank Gore had his fourth consecutive 1000 yards and finished with a career-high rushing touchdown leading him to be selected in the Pro Bowl.
Chris returned for his third stint with the team in 2018. In 2020, their offense made 370.1 yards per game on average finishing 10th in the NFL with 19 rushing TDs.
The same season T Trent Williams was named Pro Bowl eight times. In the 2021 season, T Trent Williams, G Laken Tomlinson, and C Alex Mack received Pro Bowl honors and Williams was on the Associated Press 2021 First-Team All-Pro list.
The 49ers completed their 2021 season by finishing seventh in average rushing yards in the NFL. The average number was 127.4 rushing yards.
From 2008-2009 and in the second stint in 2015 he was the offensive line coach and was made assistant offensive line coach in 2020. From 2018 to 2019 he served as the consultant to the team.
Defensive Coordinator
Steve Wilks is the current defensive coordinator of the 49ers who is serving his first year in the 2023 season. He was with the Panthers in 2022.
Wilks set off on the coaching journey in 1995 associating with Johnson C. Smith University until 1996. Then he went to Savannah State University and was made the head coach in 1999.
His defensive coordinator role came in during the 2002 season at East Tennessee State University. Similarly, he became the Defensive back coach at Illinois State in 2000, Appalachian State in 2001, Bowling Green in 2003, Notre Dame in 2004, and the University of Washington in 2005 respectively.
The Charlotte native himself played college football in the defensive back position for Appalachian State University from 1987 to 1991. The coach’s involvement in the NFL began with the DB coach position for the Chicago Bears in 2006.
From 2012 to 2014, he was associated with the Panthers in the same role. He was made assistant head coach/defensive backs coach in 2015 and assistant head coach/defensive coordinator in 2017.
In 2018, he was appointed the head coach of the Arizona Cardinals and the defensive coordinator for the Cleveland Browns in 2019. He served in the DC role at the University of Missouri for the 2021 season.
Wilks returned to the Panthers for his second stint in 2022 initially to carry out secondary/defensive pass game coordinator duties but was later promoted to the interim head coach position in week 6.
Other Coaching Staffs
- Cameron Brown – Defensive Quality Control
- Danial Bullocks – Defensive Back Coach
- James Cregg – Assistant OL Coach
- Brian Fleury – Tight End Coach
- Joe Graves – Assistant Offensive Line Coach
- Brian Griese – Quarterback Coach
- Leonard Hankerson – Wide Receiver Coach
- Andrews Hayes-Stoker – Assistant Defensive Back Coach
- Johnny Holland – Linebackers Coach
- Kris Kocurek – Defensive Line Coach
- Robert Turner Jr. – Running Backs Coach
San Francisco 49ers Front Office Staff
49ers front office staff are:
- Denise DeBartolo York – Co-Chairman
- John York – Co-Chairman
- Al Guido – President
- Jed York – Chief Executive Officer
- John Lynch – General Manager
- Adam Peters – Assitant General Manager
- Brian Hampton – Vice President of Football Administration
- Dustin Little – Head Athletic Trainer
- Dustin Perry – Head Strength and Conditioning
- Corry Rush – Vice President, Football Communications
San Fransisco 49ers General Manager
John Lynch is the current general manager for the 49ers. He is serving his sixth season in the position and was appointed in February 2017.
He has played American football for 15 years and served as an NFL Analyst for eight years. He received a multi-year contract extension with the team in the 2020 season.
Lynch plays a primary part in selecting and acquiring players that best fit the team’s long-run culture and group effort. During his first season with the team, he brought in various key players who later proved to be the right choice including K Robbie Gould and FB Kyle Juszczyk who excelled in their scores.
In 2021 while he was still managing the team, the 49ers got their second trip to the NFC Championship in three seasons. Their last one was in 2019. John has contributed primarily to signing important athletes who never proved him wrong.
Prior to associating with the 49ers, he served as a color analyst for Fox Sports from 2009 to 2016 and sat along with their play-by-play announcer Kevin Burkhardt.