A well respected defensive coordinator who has yielded top five defenses in his first four seasons in San Francisco, he seemed to appear (at least on the outside) to have a solid chance of replacing Jim Harbaugh. However, that didn’t happen.
The 49ers who brought in Adam Gase, Mike Shanahan, Rex Ryan, Dan Quinn, Todd Bowles, Josh McDaniels, Teryl Austin and Doug Marrone for interviews opted to settle on Tomsula as their hand-picked guy.
Fangio spoke about that decision as he met with the Chicago Beat Writers. “That’s their decision and their choice,” Fangio said.