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San Francisco 49ers name Brant Boyer Special Teams Coordinator

Jan 27, 2025, 11:19 AM

The San Francisco 49ers are continuing to build out their coaching staff for the 2025 NFL season, hiring Brant Boyer as their new special teams coordinator.

He comes over with Robert Saleh, who was hired to once again be the 49ers defensive coordinator from the New York Jets.

The following is via the San Francisco 49ers Press Release:

The San Francisco 49ers and head coach Kyle Shanahan today announced that Brant Boyer has been named as the team’s special teams coordinator.

Boyer, 53, joins the 49ers after spending the previous nine seasons as special teams coordinator for the New York Jets. During his Jets tenure (2016-24), Boyer led a special teams unit that ranked tied-for-second in total touchdowns (nine), second in blocked punts (eight) and tied-for-fifth in special teams points scored (63) and opponent kickoff return average (21.8). Under Boyer’s guidance, two players (WR Braxton Berrios – 2022 & WR Andre Roberts – 2018) earned Associated Press First-Team All-Pro honors as returners, while three players (CB Justin Hardee – 2023, Roberts – 2019 and K Jason Myers – 2019) made Pro Bowl appearances.

Prior to his time in New York, Boyer spent four seasons (2012-15) as an assistant special teams coach for the Indianapolis Colts. He helped guide the Colts unit to top 10 ranks in the NFL in yards per kickoff return (fourth), net yards per punt (sixth) and field goal percentage (seventh) during that span. In 2014, Boyer worked with P Pat McAfee and K Adam Vinatieri, helping them earn AP First-Team All-Pro and Pro Bowl honors. Boyer also coached LS Matt Overton to the first Pro Bowl of his career in 2013. He began his coaching career as a training camp intern for the Cleveland Browns (2009) and New York Giants (2010).

Originally a sixth-round (177th overall) draft pick by the Miami Dolphins in the 1994 NFL Draft, Boyer played linebacker and special teams for 11 seasons with the Dolphins (1994), Jacksonville Jaguars (1995-2000) and Cleveland Browns (2001-04). In 129 career games, he registered 250 tackles, 13.0 sacks, 15 passes defensed, six interceptions and one forced fumble. He also appeared in nine postseason contests (two starts) and added eight tackles.

A native of Ogden, UT, Boyer attended Snow College (1990-91) and the University of Arizona (1992-93), where he earned Second-Team All-Pac-10 honors (1993).

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Robert Saleh is set to take one of his former jobs, as he will become the San Francisco 49ers’ defensive coordinator, The Athletic reported on Thursday.

Saleh served as the New York Jets head coach for three-plus seasons before he was fired in October after the team started 2-3. He wound up with a 20-36 record on the job, never leading the Jets to the postseason.

The 45-year-old Michigan native was the 49ers’ defensive coordinator from 2017-20 — the first four seasons of current San Francisco head coach Kyle Shanahan’s tenure. The team reached the Super Bowl after the 2019 season.

After his ouster from the Jets, Robert Saleh served as a consultant to the Green Bay Packers for the rest of the season.

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