{"id":715156,"date":"2026-01-29T23:52:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T23:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/715156\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T23:52:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T23:52:15","slug":"kyle-shanahan-interviews-a-trio-of-familiar-faces-for-49ers-dc-position","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/715156\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyle Shanahan interviews a trio of familiar faces for 49ers DC position"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">We\u2019ve been waiting to see who the external interviews for the San Francisco 49ers\u2019 vacant defensive coordinator position would be now that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ninersnation.com\/san-francisco-49ers-news\/155556\/49ers-dc-robert-saleh-is-headed-to-the-afc-again\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Robert Saleh is off to the AFC;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Robert Saleh is off to the AFC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">According to NBC Sports\u2019 Bay Area\u2019s Matt Maiocco, the 49ers have interviewed the following three candidates: Raheem Morris<br \/>Joe Woods<br \/>Gus Bradley<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Kyle Shanahan has a history with each candidate. He was on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers staff with Morris back in 2004-05. He was also with Morris in Washington and Atlanta. The admiration for both coaches runs deep, but their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ninersnation.com\/general\/151663\/kyle-shanahan-and-raheem-morris-meet-again\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:history runs even deeper;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">history runs even deeper<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Woods was the defensive backs coach and passing game coordinator during the Super Bowl run in 2019. Since then, Woods served as the Cleveland Browns and New Orleans Saints defensive coordinator. Woods has a reputation for being a top-notch defensive back coach in the NFL, where he coached the Super Bowl-winning Denver Broncos in Super Bowl 50.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Would Woods be interested in returning as the defensive backs coach? That could also be what the interview was for, if Shanahan knows who his coordinator already is.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Bradley is the current associate head coach of the 49ers. He spoke about his history earlier on Thursday, suggesting that Shanahan has an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ninersnation.com\/san-francisco-49ers-news\/155769\/kyle-shanahan-has-an-opportunity-to-allow-the-49ers-to-evolve-defensively\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:opportunity to evolve;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">opportunity to evolve<\/a>\u00a0rather than go with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ninersnation.com\/san-francisco-49ers-news\/155610\/did-kyle-shanahan-tip-his-hand-on-who-the-next-49ers-defensive-coordinator-is\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:obvious candidate;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">obvious candidate<\/a>, Bradley.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The 49ers could interview more candidates, but they already knocked out the Rooney Rule by interviewing two minority candidates and the potential \u201cfavorite,\u201d suggesting Bradley is \u201cthe guy\u201d until proven otherwise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">How do you feel about these candidates?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We\u2019ve been waiting to see who the external interviews for the San Francisco 49ers\u2019 vacant defensive coordinator position&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":715157,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2080],"tags":[220,223,54,15564,2792,258,7,5629,13139,103630,2812,13280,6,2663,6043,1161,252,2624,2623,250],"class_list":{"0":"post-715156","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-atlanta","10":"tag-cleveland-browns","11":"tag-defensive-backs-coach","12":"tag-defensive-coordinator","13":"tag-denver-broncos","14":"tag-football","15":"tag-getty-images","16":"tag-gus-bradley","17":"tag-joe-woods","18":"tag-kyle-shanahan","19":"tag-matt-maiocco","20":"tag-nfl","21":"tag-raheem-morris","22":"tag-robert-saleh","23":"tag-san-francisco","24":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","25":"tag-sanfrancisco","26":"tag-sanfrancisco49ers","27":"tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115981081016670156","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715156","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=715156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/715157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=715156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=715156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=715156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}