It’s a wild turn that suddenly put Saleh in a position where he’s unlikely to land a head coaching job. For the entire process the 49ers have essentially been banking on Saleh not getting a lead job anywhere and re-joining San Francisco as their defensive coordinator.

The San Francisco 49ers are re-hiring Robert Saleh to be their defensive coordinator. While Saleh looks like a home-run hire given his success with the 49ers as their DC and a rapid turnaround for the

The San Francisco 49ers and head coach Kyle Shanahan officially named former Jets head coach as their new defensive coordinator. Saleh returns to the job he held before the Jets hired him as their head coach.

San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan is welcoming 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh back to the same role, per NFL Media. Saleh served as Shanahan's original 49ers defensive coordinator for four seasons from 2017 to 2020,

Robert Saleh is headed back to the West Coast. The former New York Jets head coach has been hired as the new defensive coordinator for the San Francisco 49ers, the team announced on Friday.