When the San Francisco 49ers decided not to hire the Kansas City Chiefs’ defensive back coach Dave Merritt as their defensive coordinator a couple of days ago, it was hard not to notice that four other San Francisco assistant coaches were headed elsewhere. Bay Area newspaper The Mercury News laid out the openings.
This offseason’s staff shakeups include these assistants leaving for posts elsewhere, according to Shanahan: pass-game coordinator Klint Kubiak (now the New Orleans Saints’ offensive coordinator), defensive line assistant Darryl Tapp (now the Washington Commanders’ defensive line coach), offensive line assistant James Cregg (now the Las Vegas Raiders’ offensive line coach), and running backs assistant/associate head coach Anthony Lynn (now the Commanders’ run-game coordinator).