Who is the 49ers coach

Shanahan was the head coach for the San Francisco 49ers in the 2017-2021 seasons, a total of five years. The team made it to the playoffs two times (2019, 2021) and had a 4-2 record under Coach Shanahan in playoff games. In 2019, the San Francisco 49ers faced off against the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIV. The 49ers lost, 20-31.

Chip Kelly

Kelly was the head coach for the San Francisco 49ers in the 2016 season. Kelly's record as the team's head coach was 2-14-0, making him the second-least successful head coach in San Francisco 49ers history.

Jim Tomsula

Tomsula was the head coach for the San Francisco 49ers in the 2015 season.

Jim Harbaugh

Harbaugh was the head coach for the San Francisco 49ers in the 2011-2014 seasons, a total of four years. Harbaugh's record as the team's head coach was 44-19-1, making him the second-most successful head coach in San Francisco 49ers history. The team made it to the playoffs three times (2011-2013) and had a 5-3 record under Coach Harbaugh in playoff games. In 2012, the San Francisco 49ers faced off against the Baltimore Ravens in Super Bowl XLVII. The 49ers lost, 31-34.

Mike Singletary

Singletary was the head coach for the San Francisco 49ers in the 2009-2010 seasons, a total of two years.

Mike Nolan

Nolan was the head coach for the San Francisco 49ers in the 2005-2008 seasons, a total of four years.

Dennis Erickson

Erickson was the head coach for the San Francisco 49ers in the 2003-2004 seasons, a total of two years. Erickson's record as the team's head coach was 9-23-0, making him the third-least successful head coach in San Francisco 49ers history.

Steve Mariucci

Mariucci was the head coach for the San Francisco 49ers in the 1997-2002 seasons, a total of six years. The team made it to the playoffs four times (1997-1998, 2001-2002) and had a 3-4 record under Coach Mariucci in playoff games.

George Seifert

Seifert was the head coach for the San Francisco 49ers in the 1989-1996 seasons, a total of eight years. Seifert's record as the team's head coach was 98-30-0, making him the most successful head coach in San Francisco 49ers history. The team made it to the playoffs seven times (1989-1990, 1992-1996) and had a 10-5 record under Coach Seifert in playoff games. In 1989, the San Francisco 49ers faced off against the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXIV. The 49ers won, 55-10. In 1994, the San Francisco 49ers faced off against the San Diego Chargers in Super Bowl XXIX. The 49ers won, 49-26.

Bill Walsh

Walsh was the head coach for the San Francisco 49ers in the 1979-1988 seasons, a total of ten years. The team made it to the playoffs seven times (1981, 1983-1988) and had a 10-4 record under Coach Walsh in playoff games. In 1981, the San Francisco 49ers faced off against the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl XVI. The 49ers won, 26-21. In 1984, the San Francisco 49ers faced off against the Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl XIX. The 49ers won, 38-16. In 1988, the San Francisco 49ers faced off against the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl XXIII. The 49ers won, 20-16.

Pete McCulley

McCulley was the head coach for the San Francisco 49ers in the 1978 season. McCulley's record as the team's head coach was 1-8-0, making him the least successful head coach in San Francisco 49ers history.

Ken Meyer

Meyer was the head coach for the San Francisco 49ers in the 1977 season.

Monte Clark

Clark was the head coach for the San Francisco 49ers in the 1976 season.

Dick Nolan

Nolan was the head coach for the San Francisco 49ers in the 1968-1975 seasons, a total of eight years. The team made it to the playoffs three times (1970-1972) and had a 2-3 record under Coach Nolan in playoff games.

Jack Christiansen

Christiansen was the head coach for the San Francisco 49ers in the 1964-1967 seasons, a total of four years.

Red Hickey

Hickey was the head coach for the San Francisco 49ers in the 1959-1963 seasons, a total of five years.

Frankie Albert

Albert was the head coach for the San Francisco 49ers in the 1956-1958 seasons, a total of three years. The team made it to the playoffs one time (1957) and had a 0-1 record under Coach Albert in playoff games.

Norman "Red" Strader

Strader was the head coach for the San Francisco 49ers in the 1955 season.

Lawrence "Buck" Shaw

Shaw was the head coach for the San Francisco 49ers in the 1946-1954 seasons, a total of nine years. Shaw's record as the team's head coach was 71-39-4, making him the third-most successful head coach in San Francisco 49ers history. The team made it to the playoffs one time (1949) and had a 1-1 record under Coach Shaw in playoff games.

San Francisco 49ers head coach record

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February 6, 2022 at 3:23 PM

By David Bonilla

Change is inevitable in the NFL. The 2022 offseason will be no different for San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan's staff. Below are the reported coaching changes made following the 2021 season. This page will be updated as comings and goings are reported.

Update: The 49ers officially announced their offseason coaching changes on March 7.

• Former Detroit Lions offensive coordinator and Los Angeles Chargers head coach Anthony Lynn was hired to serve as assistant head coach.
• LSU graduate assistant Asauni Rufus is reportedly set to serve in a quality control position.
• Former Jacksonville Jaguars special teams coordinator Nick Sorensen is being hired as a defensive assistant.
• Michigan graduate assistant Stephen Adegoke is expected to serve in a defensive quality control role.

• Offensive quality control coach Brian Fleury was promoted to tight ends coach, replacing Jon Embree.
• Quality control coach Leonard Hankerson offered the job of wide receivers coach, replacing Wes Welker.

• Offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel leaves to become the Dolphins' head coach.
• The Bears hire special teams coordinator Richard Hightower.
• Assistant head coach and tight ends coach Jon Embree was not retained. He later joined McDaniel's staff in Miami to serve in the same role he had with the 49ers.
• Wide receivers coach Wes Welker leaves for the same role with the Dolphins.
• Assistant offensive line coach Butch Barry leaves to become the Broncos offensive line coach.
• Assistant offensive line coach Zach Yenser leaves to become the offensive line coach at Kentucky.
• Senior defensive assistant and run-game specialist James Bettcher leaves to become the Bengals' linebackers coach.
• Quarterbacks coach Rich Scangarello leaves to become the offensive coordinator at the University of Kentucky.
• Running backs coach Bobby Turner is not expected to be with the team in 2022.

Nick WagonerESPN Staff WriterMar 4, 20222 Minute Read

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- As it turns out, the San Francisco 49ers will have some movement involving a key role on their staff and the NFL broadcast booth after all.

After general manager John Lynch acknowledged earlier this week that he declined an opportunity to return to broadcasting, the Niners decided to hire Brian Griese as their next quarterbacks coach, sources told ESPN's Seth Wickersham and Adam Schefter on Friday. Griese had served as one of the color analysts on ESPN's Monday Night Football since 2020.

Griese replaces Rich Scangarello, who left the team to become the offensive coordinator at Kentucky last month, a move that came as a bit of a surprise to the Niners.

Griese will be stepping into a coaching job for the first time. He retired from the NFL as a player in 2008.

He does, however, have some familiarity with Niners coach Kyle Shanahan. He played quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2004 and 2005, when Shanahan was the team's offensive quality control coach. After leading Michigan to a national championship in 1997, Griese played 10 NFL seasons with stops in Denver, Miami, Tampa Bay, Chicago and again with Tampa Bay before retiring.

Griese's arrival comes at a critical time for the 49ers when it comes to quarterbacks. This offseason, San Francisco is expected to move on from incumbent starter Jimmy Garoppolo and turn the reins over to Trey Lance, whom they selected with the No. 3 overall pick in the 2021 NFL draft.

At the NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis on Wednesday, Lynch acknowledged that Garoppolo, who is slated to have surgery on his right shoulder soon, is part of trade conversations.

"A lot of people need or want quarterbacks right now, and he's obviously a guy they'd look at," Lynch said. "So yes, we have listened, but he's a part of us and he's gonna work diligently to get back from this surgery."

Griese is just one of what is expected to be many new additions amid significant turnover to Shanahan's coaching staff. Eight Niners coaches, including offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel, now the Dolphins head coach, have departed for other opportunities this offseason.

Anthony Lynn, the former Los Angeles Chargers head coach, was hired in February as the team's assistant head coach and is also expected to coach running backs as longtime assistant Bobby Turner takes a hiatus to handle some health issues.

Lynch said Wednesday that the Niners are close to filling all their coaching vacancies with an announcement to come in the next week or so.