Special teams have been a debacle for the San Francisco 49ers ever since Kyle Shanahan became the head coach. It has never mattered who the coordinator is. In 2021, Richard Hightower was viewed as a mediocre coach,

The 49ers are hoping to keep Sorensen around on Kyle Shanahan's staff in a lesser role, just not as the defensive play-caller. Sorensen has spent the last three years in the organization, holding titles of defensive assistant, defensive passing game coordinator and nickelback coach before being named defensive coordinator prior to last season.

Kyle Shanahan just finished his fourth double-digit-loss season in eight years. And now Fox Sports 1 Analyst Emmanuel Acho thinks Shanahan is on the hot seat.

The San Francisco 49ers are making an interesting change to their coaching staff. Head coach Kyle Shanahan on Wednesday in his end-of-season press conference told reporters offensive passing game spec

The 49ers defensive scheme is somewhat outdated. They're still running the same defensive scheme that the Seahawks ran 10 years ago under head coach Pete Carroll. The Seahawks don't even run this scheme anymore.

Emmanuel Acho, LeSean McCoy, James Jones and Chase Daniel reflect on whether Kyle Shanahan is on the hot seat after the San Francisco 49ers fired defensive coordinator Nick Sorensen (Niners do wish for him to stay in another role) and special teams coordinator Brian Schneider.

The San Francisco 49ers aren't wasting time when it comes to finding a new defensive coordinator. On Tuesday night, Matt Maiocco of NBC Sports reported that Nick Sorensen will not return to the 49ers next season as their defensive coordinator.