The San Francisco 49ers have hired Brant Boyer as their new special teams coordinator. Boyer served as the Jets’ special teams coordinator from 2016 to 2024 and spent the last three years working under former head coach Robert Saleh, who joined the 49ers as their defensive coordinator this winter.

The 49ers immediately fired special teams coordinator Brian Schneider after the season and aimed to replace him with fired defensive coordinator Nick Sorensen. Instead, Sorensen is leaving San Francisco which opened the door for Boyer to step into the vacancy at special teams coordinator.

Brant Boyer was announced Monday as the 49ers’ new special teams coordinator, a role he held the past nine season with the Jets, where he overlapped and worked under coach Robert Saleh, who was re-hired Friday as the 49ers’ defensive coordinator.

Saleh was fired as the Jets’ coach five games into this season and is now back with the 49ers, where he made his name in the NFL.

Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer confirmed ... On Friday, the Cowboys promoted offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer to head coach after parting ways with Mike McCarthy.

Former offensive coordinator Ben Johnson is off to Chicago to lead the Bears. Former defensive Aaron Glenn is now the head coach of the New York Jets. Both will be missed in Detroit, but Campbell and company must move forward with the assistants remaining. That process has already begun.

It appears the Vikings will have Brian Flores back as their defensive coordinator for a third season. However, two Vikings assistants continue to interview for promotions. Flores, who interviewed with the Jets,

The Cowboys have made Nick Sorensen's hire as their special teams coordinator official, the team announced Tuesday.Sorensen, the 49ers' defensive