{"id":704611,"date":"2026-01-25T19:35:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T19:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/704611\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T19:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T19:35:10","slug":"former-49ers-dc-robert-saleh-taking-assistant-dl-coach-to-titans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/704611\/","title":{"rendered":"Former 49ers DC Robert Saleh taking assistant DL coach to Titans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jan. 25, 2026, 10:23 a.m. PT<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">After they were eliminated from the playoffs, the <a href=\"\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">San Francisco 49ers<\/a> lost defensive coordinator Robert Saleh, as he left to become the head coach of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/tennessee-titans\/336\" data-autotag=\"f9731e2d-52ac-46db-9b52-ab518dbe13b4\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Tennessee Titans<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Now, it appears Saleh is poaching the first of what could be several coaches from San Francisco&#8217;s coaching staff, with <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MaioccoNBCS\/status\/2015459223136780403?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">NBC Sports&#8217; Matt Maiocco reporting<\/a> that assistant defensive line coach Greg Scruggs will join Saleh in Tennessee as defensive line coach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Scruggs, 35, spent five years in the NFL as a defensive end, playing for the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/seattle-seahawks\/361\" data-autotag=\"91fb7995-f6cd-4aa3-adbc-98eb39d76a79\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Seattle Seahawks<\/a> (2012-15), <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/chicago-bears\/326\" data-autotag=\"69c69e75-f807-4542-90d2-619e6d4a23b1\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Chicago Bears<\/a> (2015-16) and New England Patriots (2016).<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">He began coaching in 2018 as director of player development with the University of Cincinnati. He jumped to the NFL as an assistant defensive line coach under Saleh&#8217;s staff with the New York Jets in 2022 and joined the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/san-francisco-49ers\/359\" data-autotag=\"3d4aeb7f-6493-4c2a-8803-2439e4b64ee4\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">49ers<\/a> in 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">More 49ers: <a href=\"http:\/\/ninerswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/niners\/2026\/01\/24\/49ers-mac-jones-trade-vikings-top-landing-spot\/88336987007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">NFL insider says 49ers&#8217; Mac Jones will be traded to NFC team in 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan. 25, 2026, 10:23 a.m. PT After they were eliminated from the playoffs, the San Francisco 49ers lost&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":704612,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2061],"tags":[95878,7,6,96189,96190,95882,95946,96089,99096,95944,95896,95888,95895,95899,95975,96090,95977,96177,95884,95883,95889,97632,526,394,2411,527,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-704611","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennessee-titans","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-sstssportsnflniners","12":"tag-sstsnniners","13":"tag-tagamerican-football","14":"tag-tagcalifornia-gold-rush","15":"tag-tagchicago-bears","16":"tag-tagmac-jones","17":"tag-tagnational-football-conference","18":"tag-tagnational-sports","19":"tag-tagnfl","20":"tag-tagnfl-hub","21":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","22":"tag-tagrobert-saleh","23":"tag-tagsan-francisco-49ers","24":"tag-tagseattle-seahawks","25":"tag-tagsmg-breaking-wire","26":"tag-tagsports-coaching-training","27":"tag-tagsports-news","28":"tag-tagtennessee-titans","29":"tag-taguniversity-of-cincinnati","30":"tag-tennessee","31":"tag-tennessee-titans","32":"tag-tennesseetitans","33":"tag-titans","34":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704611","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=704611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/704612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=704611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=704611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=704611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}