Late last week, a report surfaced that the San Francisco 49ers flirted with the idea of making Kansas City Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo their DC. He wasn’t the only coordinator in the AFC that the Niners had their eyes on.
New York Jets defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich was a popular name that made sense for the Niners despite already having a job.
Ulbrich was born in San Jose, went to high school in Morgan Hill, and went to college at the University of San Jose. The 47-year-old was drafted by the Niners in 2000 in the third round after transferring to the University of Hawaii.