{"id":680919,"date":"2026-01-16T04:11:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T04:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/680919\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T04:11:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T04:11:20","slug":"49ers-dc-robert-saleh-has-an-interview-scheduled-for-before-saturdays-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/680919\/","title":{"rendered":"49ers DC Robert Saleh has an interview scheduled for before Saturday\u2019s game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Initially, the San Francisco 49ers\u2019 defensive coordinator said he hadn\u2019t had any interviews for head coaching positions as of Wednesday. He ended his press conference by saying he wouldn\u2019t interview until Sunday, and the team confirmed that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">According to Tennessee Titans insider <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PaulKuharskyNFL\/status\/2011814071041990745?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">Paul Kuharsky<\/a>, Saleh has a Zoom interview scheduled with the Titans for Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/2011921235563745486?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">tweeted<\/a> on Thursday that Saleh has an interview scheduled late Thursday night for the Arizona Cardinals head coaching vacancy. For now, there is no word on whether the interview is virtual or not.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Arizona requested Saleh to interview on January 6. Saleh feels like one of the top three candidates in this coaching cycle, making the last-place Cardinals in a division with three of the best coaches in the NFL an unlikely destination.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">But you never know. The Cardinals have the third pick in the NFL Draft and the 10th most cap space for 2026, and that\u2019s before they create more space by moving Kyler Murray\u2019s contract.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">49ers fans might not like the idea of their coordinator investing time in anything other than the Seattle Seahawks this close to kickoff. In Saleh\u2019s mind, \u201cThe hay is in the barn.\u201d There is nothing more to put in the game plan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Detroit Lions fans gave Ben Johnson a hard time for interviewing during the team\u2019s playoff runs, but those were also reportedly virtual. Anything Saleh does tonight is unlikely to impact his thought process 48 hours from now when the 49ers are in a playoff game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Steelers also submitted an interview request for 49ers offensive coordinator Klay Kubiak for their head coach vacancy, per <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DMRussini\/status\/2011937676736286797?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">Dianna Russini<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Initially, the San Francisco 49ers\u2019 defensive coordinator said he hadn\u2019t had any interviews for head coaching positions as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":659395,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2080],"tags":[220,7,6,1161,252,87419,2624,2623],"class_list":{"0":"post-680919","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco-49ers","8":"tag-49ers","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-san-francisco","12":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","13":"tag-san-francisco-49ers-coaching-staff","14":"tag-sanfrancisco","15":"tag-sanfrancisco49ers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115902827729270933","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=680919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/659395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}