Report: 49ers’ Bobby Slowik hired as Texans’ offensive coordinator
Feb 12, 2023, 9:50 AM | Updated: Feb 15, 2023, 4:27 pm
PHILADELPHIA, PA - JANUARY 29: San Francisco 49ers helmets sit on a bench during the Championship game between the San Fransisco 49ers and the Philadelphia Eagles on January 29, 2023. (Photo by Andy Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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The San Francisco 49ers have lost another assistant coach this offseason, this time being passing-game coordinator Bobby Slowik.
Reports surfaced Sunday morning that the Slowik would be hired as the Houston Texans’ new offensive coordinator, reuniting him with head coach DeMeco Ryans. Despite meeting with former Cardinals’ HC Kliff Kingsbury very late in the search, the Texans have chosen the 35-year-old Slowik to potentially call the plays for Houston moving forward. NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero was first to report the news.
Slowik joined the 49ers’ coaching staff in 2017, the same time as Ryans did. Starting off as a quality control coach, the Princeton native became an offensive assistant, then an offensive pass game specialist, before becoming a coordinator.
The #Texans are hiring Bobby Slowik as their offensive coordinator, per sources.
Slowik and DeMeco Ryans spent the past six seasons together in San Francisco, both starting their NFL coaching careers as defensive quality controls. Now, Ryans brings Slowik along as OC. pic.twitter.com/8r3MfmtlyT
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) February 12, 2023
A bright, young mind in the Kyle Shanahan coaching tree, San Francisco will lose another rising mind in the coaching world to a team with a former assistant running the show. Already losing DeMeco Ryans and chief of staff Nick Kray to the Houston franchise this offseason. The 49ers anticipated a few inquiries amongst their coaching staff once Ryans took his new post, knowing how much he appreciates his former colleagues.
“I know he loves our staff and he knows I’m working through that too right now, so DeMeco and I will be probably talking a lot here over the next two weeks and I’m just trying to do what’s best for the 49ers,” Kyle Shanahan stated previously. “I know he is trying to do what’s best for Houston and we’re both going to try to do what’s best for all the families involved too with our number one job being to do it for the organizations.”
On the Red & Gold side, the 49ers have a few options as to who replaces Slowik as passing-game coordinator. San Francisco could look externally for a replacement, or internally, with assistants Brian Griese, Klay Kubiak and Brian Fleury as candidates.
