The San Francisco 49ers have promoted their defensive line coach, Jim Tomsula, to head coach. He will replace Jim Harbaugh who left the team earlier this month.
“Our organization is excited to have Jim Tomsula leading this football team,” said 49ers general manager Trent Baalke. “We have had the privilege of working alongside Jim for the past eight seasons. He is a proven leader, teacher and mentor, and we look forward to seeing him apply his craft and vision to our team.”
Tomsula has helped make the 49ers defense one of the most dominant in the league. He will be aided in 2015 by the return of the likes of NaVorro Bowman and Patrick Willis. Tomsula is well-liked by the players, and the 49ers may have chosen to go with someone with a softer approach after the notoriously abrasive Harbaugh. “[Tomsula] is a great teacher and a tremendous mentor who conducts himself with great class and integrity,” said the 49ers CEO, Jed York.
The 49ers were also said to be interested in the Denver Broncos offensive coordinator, Adam Gase. That could be good news for Peyton Manning fans: the quarterback is close with Gase. If Gase stays at the 49ers then Manning could be persuaded to hold off retirement, a subject that has attracted speculation since the Broncos’ defeat to the Colts in the playoffs last weekend.
