Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that the 49ers are set to hire former Falcons head coach Raheem Morris as their defensive coordinator.
The 49ers are looking to replace Robert Saleh for a second time after he agreed to take the head-coaching job at Tennessee.
Other names linked to the 49ers’ job included 49ers assistant HC Gus Bradley and Raiders pass game coordinator/DBs coach Joe Woods.
Morris, 49, began coaching at Hofstra as a graduate assistant back in 1998. He later took his first NFL coaching job with the Buccaneers as their defensive quality control coach and managed to work his way up to head coach in 2009.
The Buccaneers fired Morris after three seasons. He spent a few years with Washington before the Falcons hired him as their assistant head coach/DBs coach in 2015. After being let go with the rest of the coaching staff in 2020, he was hired by the Rams as their defensive coordinator.
The Falcons then re-hired Morris as their head coach in 2024, but he was let go following the 2025 season.
Morris has a record of 16-18 in his second stint with the Falcons and second stint as a full-time head coach.
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