{"id":19678,"date":"2025-01-24T03:16:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T03:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=19678"},"modified":"2025-01-24T03:16:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T03:16:00","slug":"report-robert-saleh-expected-to-return-to-49ers-as-defensive-coordinator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=19678","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Robert Saleh \u2018Expected\u2019 To Return To 49ers As Defensive Coordinator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Robert Saleh is headed back to the Bay Area.<\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"aswift_2_host\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to The Athletic, Saleh is \u201cexpected\u201d to return to the San Francisco 49ers as the defensive coordinator, a position he held prior to becoming the New York Jets head coach. Saleh was the defensive coordinator for the Niners from 2017-2020.<\/p>\n<p>This comes after news broke that Buccaneers offensive coordinator Liam Coen re-emerged as the favorite to land the head coaching job of the Jacksonville Jaguars. Saleh interviewed for that position last week and was scheduled to have a second interview planned for this week, but it appears as though the Jags will be going with Coen.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">JUST IN: The 49ers are expected to land Robert Saleh for a second stint as San Francisco&#8217;s defensive coordinator, according to league sources briefed on the coaching search.<\/p>\n<p>Details:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xf5PCzDxfe\">https:\/\/t.co\/xf5PCzDxfe<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tOJzv7fHVa\">pic.twitter.com\/tOJzv7fHVa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Athletic (@TheAthletic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAthletic\/status\/1882598152429318198?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 24, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Saleh, 45, spent the past four seasons as the head coach of the New York Jets, going 20-36, though he was saddled with poor quarterback play in his first three seasons and was fired just five games into the 2024 season when he finally had a healthy Aaron Rodgers (the Jets went 3-9 with Jeff Ulbrich as the interim head coach).<\/p>\n<p>As a defensive coordinator or head coach, his defenses have finished top-10 in yards allowed five times, top-10 in points allowed twice and top-10 in takeaways twice.<\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle adsbygoogle-noablate\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1895512242384960\" data-adsbygoogle-status=\"done\" data-ad-status=\"unfilled\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"aswift_3_host\"><\/div>\n<p><\/ins><\/div>\n<p>After a disappointing 6-11 season, the Niners made a number of changes to the coaching staff under Kyle Shanahan, including demoting defensive coordinator Nick Sorensen. They may keep him in San Francisco in a different role, however.<\/p>\n<p>With Saleh back in the fold, the hope is the Niners defense can get back to being a dominated unit in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Robert Saleh is headed back to the Bay Area. &nbsp; &nbsp; According to The Athletic, Saleh is \u201cexpected\u201d to return to the San Francisco 49ers as the defensive &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19678"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19680,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19678\/revisions\/19680"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}