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Jim Harbaugh to Use Bill Walsh Blueprint

When Bill Walsh left Stanford for the 49ers in 1979, he installed a system that came to be known as the West Coast offense. Now that Jim Harbaugh has left Stanford for the 49ers, he's going to bringing the West Coast offense back. Walsh and Harbaugh spent some time together before Walsh's death in 2007, and the veteran...

Trent Baalke Possibly Closing in on 49ers' GM Job After Interview With Jed York

There are indications that Trent Baalke, who has spent the last couple of years as the vice president of player personnel for the 49ers, will be the next San Francisco general manager. Baalke, talking with reporters before the 49ers' 38-7 season-ending game in Candlestick Park against Arizona, said he and team president...

Jim Tomsula Literally Focusing on 1 Game

While the likelihood is that the job as the 49ers' coach will only be his for a week, it would be unlike Jim Tomsula to coast after being named San Francisco's interim coach for Sunday's season finale against Arizona. He describes football as his passion, and he tackles the job head-on. He came to his introductory press...

49ers Make Hiring a GM the Priority

Despite the firing of Mike Singletary on Sunday night, San Francisco's first order of business isn't finding a new coach. It's finding a new general manager. Only once that's done, the 49ers are saying, will the search for a coach for the 2011 season and beyond commence. Club president Jed York, owner John York, vice...

Mike Singletary Won't Be Last NFL Coach Sent Packing

If you caught a sound bite of Mike Singletary Sunday night, you heard him talking in the past tense, like a coach who had already been fired. When you woke up this morning, you found out he was gone -- let go as soon as the 49ers' plane from St. Louis landed in San Francisco, making him the fourth NFL coach fired during...

Background on San Francisco 49ers

The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL).

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