After the departure of DeMeco Ryans to the Houston Texans, the San Francisco 49ers are out there for a brand new defensive coordinator, and former Carolina Panthers interim head coach Steve Wilks is interviewing for the function Monday.
The San Francisco protection has been dominant within the league over the previous 4 seasons with Ryans coordinating them, so there’s large boots to fill.
Former #Panthers interim coach Steve Wilks will interview on Monday for the #49ers DC job vacated by DeMeco Ryans, supply mentioned.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) February 3, 2023
Wilks was most lately interim head coach on the Carolina Panthers after Matt Rhule was fired following an embarrassing loss to the 49ers again in Week 5 of the common season.
He went 6-6 as interim on the Panthers, and was nicely within the working to be named because the everlasting head coach after he’d rotated their season, nonetheless Carolina determined to rent Frank Reich as a substitute.
The 49ers have additionally requested an interview with Washington Commanders defensive backs coach Chris Harris because the seek for a Ryans substitute goes on.
It’s clearly an enormous precedence for the 49ers to get an efficient coach in to take over from Ryans who did such a superb job in his function, incomes him a head coach function on the Texans.
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