There is no white smoke billowing out from Levi’s Stadium yet, but San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan seems to be closing in on his new defensive coordinator hire.
That doesn’t mean we have any idea who it might be. Even the most connected of reporters around the Niners seem to be having trouble conjuring the name of someone who could replace Steve Wilks, even if they tend to agree that a hire is brewing.
San Francisco Chronicle columnist Mike Silver dropped the most revealing nugget so far while mentioning the secrecy surrounding the search in a Wednesday post on X, formerly Twitter.