The San Francisco 49ers are making an interesting change to their coaching staff. Head coach Kyle Shanahan on Wednesday in his end-of-season press conference told reporters offensive passing game spec

San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan won’t get in the habit of giving Klay Kubiak offensive play-calling duties, but he will be giving his assistant a promotion. On Wednesday, three days after he allowed Kubiak to serve as the play-caller in a no-stakes 47-24 loss at Arizona in the regular-season finale,

The 49ers are promoting Klay Kubiak to offensive coordinator, per NBC Sports’ Matt Maiocco, though head coach Kyle Shanahan said that he will retain play-calling duties.

Patriots owner Robert Kraft needs to decide whether he wants to give his hand-picked successor to Bill Belichick another season to prove himself.

Just one year after the Patriots promoted Jerod Mayo to head coach, they are already looking for his successor: Mayo was fired shortly after his team’s 4-13 season concluded, making him just the second head coach in franchise history to go one-and-done.

Former Howard University quarterback and NFL assistant Pep Hamilton has been identified as one of the candidates interviewed for the New England Patriots’ head coaching vacancy. The news comes shortly after the team parted ways with Jerod Mayo following a challenging 4-13 season.