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In 2022, Sorensen was hired by the San Francisco 49ers as a defensive assistant under head coach Kyle Shanahan. In 2023, he was promoted to defensive pass game specialist and nickels coach. In 2024, Sorensen was promoted to defensive coordinator, following the firing of Steve Wilks. [6]
Arizona Cardinals defensive coordinator (2019–2022) Kansas City Chiefs: Steve Spagnuolo: 2019 [14] New York Giants defensive coordinator (2015–2017) Las Vegas Raiders: Patrick Graham: 2022 [15] New York Giants defensive coordinator (2020–2021) Los Angeles Chargers: Jesse Minter: 2024 [16] Michigan defensive coordinator (2022–2023)
Steven Bernard Wilks (born August 8, 1969) is an American football coach in the National Football League (NFL). A defensive assistant for most of his career, he was the assistant head coach and defensive backs coach for the Carolina Panthers when they reached Super Bowl 50 and the defensive coordinator for the San Francisco 49ers when they reached Super Bowl LVIII.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers' experiment of bringing in a defensive coordinator from the outside didn't work out, with the team firing Steve Wilks after just one season.
The San Francisco 49ers have promoted assistant Nick Sorensen to defensive coordinator and hired former Los Angeles Chargers coach Brandon Staley for a role on the team's staff, a person familiar ...
The 49ers hired Wilks on Feb. 9, 2023 to oversee the defense after he spent the 2022 season as the Carolina Panthers' defensive assistant and later interim head coach following Matt Rhule's dismissal.
The 2022 season was the San Francisco 49ers' 73rd in the National Football League (NFL), their 77th overall, and their sixth under the head coach/general manager tandem of Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch.
The San Francisco 49ers are making a move with their defensive coordinator. Steve Wilks will go from the booth to the field this week when the Niners return from their bye week in hopes of ...