The 49ers were spared much of the poaching that occurred to other coaching staffs around the league this offseason, but that doesn’t mean there were no changes to be made in San Francisco. Matt Maiocco of NBC Sports Bay Area noted some changes to the team’s coaching staff this week. 
In 2023, the offensive line was guided by offensive line coach and run game coordinator Chris Foerster and assistant offensive line coaches James Cregg and Joe Graves. While Foerster and Graves remain in their roles from last season, Cregg departed to take the offensive line coaching job in Las Vegas. Filling Cregg’s role as the second assistant offensive line coach in 2024 will be Cameron Clemmons. Clemmons most recently served as assistant offensive line coach for the Raiders, so he’ll be swapping places with Cregg.
Another staffer who departed this offseason was offensive passing game specialist Klint Kubiak, who accepted the new offensive coordinator gig in New Orleans. Taking Klint’s spot as offensive passing game specialist will be his younger brother, Klay Kubiak. Klay joined the 49ers staff in 2021 as a defensive quality control coach before spending the past two seasons as assistant quarterbacks coach. The two brothers are sons to former NFL head coach Gary Kubiak, who has three sons working in the NFL today. Kubiak’s third son, Klein Kubiak, is a national scout for the Cowboys.
Lastly on offense, we had reported the team’s addition of former Raiders offensive coordinator Mick Lombardi back in March. While a title at the time had not been divulged, Maiocco now informs us that Lombardi will serve as senior offensive assistant in 2024.
On defense, the only update provided by Maiocco concerned K.J. Wright, who was announced to be joining the 49ers staff for his first coaching gig after serving as a member of the rival Seahawks defense for 10 years as a linebacker. The initial report listed Wright as the team’s new assistant linebackers coach. Instead, it appears that Wright’s title will officially be defensive quality control coach, though he will almost certainly be focused on San Francisco’s linebacking corps.
I’d see it as a bit of a red flag if a team was having great success yet opponents weren’t attempting to poach staffers. The Belichick haters always seem to ignore how relentlessly his staff was poached.
The Belichick lovers never point out all of Bill’s assistant coaches that went on to HC positions failed miserably. Not a single 1 panned out. And Bill wasn’t much of a HC w/o Tom under center, well below .500 in 9 seasons w/o 12 Qb’ing.
From the Patriots perspective it’s totally irrelevant what the staffers did after they left NE…they still had to be replaced.
When they bombed on their own, many came back to NE for a free ride from Tom. Other than Saban at Bama (certainly not w/ the ‘Fins), the only other coach on the list that might be considered good would be M Vrabel; and he was a player, not a coach.
Usually you argue that coaching trees aren’t important. A new tune?
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Coaching trees are bunk. The importance of cohesion within a front office and/or coaching staff is something entirely different and is not bunk.
This was the first season in a while where the Niners didn’t get pillaged. Obviously they still had guys get promoted on other teams but a red flag? Not even close. Uncross those eyes
Crossed eyes or not there is still the possibility of a SB hangover. It wouldn’t be the first one the 49ers have experienced either.
Funny how last year it was unfair that the 49ers have all these extra comp picks from their staff getting poached. Now it’s a “red flag” that nobody got poached?! You thing the results the Dolphins and Texans have seen under their new head coaches is a “red flag”? You know where those guys came from? Get a clue.