Since Saleh left in 2020 to become the Jets’ coach, the 49ers’ defensive coordinator role rotated from DeMeco Ryans (2021-22) to Steve Wilks (2023) to Nick Sorensen (2024). Both Ryans and ...

As for the game? Well, the Panthers kept it close for a hot minute. The 49ers dusted off Tevin Coleman for this game, and he ...

The defense also wasn't great, and at the end of the season, the team fired defensive coordinator Nick Sorensen ... they’ve been stuck in since DeMeco Ryans’s departure.

Saleh marks San Francisco's fourth defensive coordinator change since his departure following the 2020 season: DeMeco Ryans (2021-22), Steve Wilks (2023), Nick Sorensen (2024) and Saleh (2025).

Saleh was hired as head coach Kyle Shanahan’s first defensive coordinator in 2017 and struggled the first two seasons. But after the team drafted Bosa in 2019 and implemented the “wide nine” scheme ...

The 49ers are 18-16 under the lights under Shanahan. They went 3-3 in prime-time games last season, losing their final three to the Bills, Rams and Lions. In Shanahan’s previous years, they were 0-1 ...

The San Francisco 49ers didn't make a splash in free agency this offseason, choosing instead to lean on their 11 draft picks ...

DeMeco Ryans, who replaced Saleh in 2021, left to become head coach in Houston following the 2022 season, and Steve Wilks and Nick Sorensen were each replaced after one season the past two years.