The 49ers didn’t make any major changes on their coaching staff this offseason. They opted for a bevy of more minor tweaks instead. The team officially announced Wednesday the addition of seven coaches to the coaching staff, and five members of their revamped health and performance staff.
Here is the full list of new coaches:
Safeties — Daniel Bullocks
Quarterbacks — Shane Day
Wide Receivers — Wes Welker
Assistant Offensive Line — Zach Yenser
Offensive Assistant — Bobby Slowik
Offensive Quality Control — Miles Austin
Defensive Quality Control — Brian Fleury
One of the significant changes is the hire of Day as the quarterbacks coach. He has big shoes to fill after Rich Scangarello did an excellent job in two seasons for the 49ers before earning the offensive coordinator spot in Denver. Day was with the 49ers from 2007-09 as an offensive quality control coach. He was the Dolphins’ tight ends coach the past three seasons. His job of getting Jimmy Garoppolo back up to speed upon his return from injury will be essential.
The addition of Welker as a wide receivers coach is also intriguing. He’s been an offensive and special teams assistant for the Texans the past two years. Welker spent 12 years in the NFL with five Pro Bowls and two All-Pro nods. He was a precise route runner who did all the things that Shanahan wants his receivers to do well. His tutelage could help some of the untapped talent emerge in the 49ers’ receiving corps.
Here are the additions to their new health and performance staff:
Head of Player Health & Performance — Ben Peterson
Head Strength & Conditioning — Dustin Perry
Dir. of Performance Monitoring/Assistant Strength & Conditioning — Shea Thompson
Assistant Strength & Conditioning — Aaron Hil
Assistant Strength & Conditioning — Mike Nicolini
The 49ers set out to overhaul their strength and conditioning program, as well as their training staff in a way that better married the two aspects of player health.
Keeping players on the field is the single biggest factor in San Francisco’s success this season. Their new health and performance staff will be spearheading those efforts.
