The San Francisco 49ers hired former New York Jets special teams coordinator Brant Boyer to take over a unit that has struggled for years under coach Kyle Shanahan.
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Brant Boyer was announced Monday as the 49ers’ new special teams coordinator, a role he held the past nine season with the Jets, where he overlapped and worked under coach Robert Saleh, who was re-hired Friday as the 49ers’ defensive coordinator.
Head man Mike Macdonald said he was going to give the new play caller the latitude to bring his own offensive assistants.
The San Francisco 49ers and head coach Kyle Shanahan announced that Brant Boyer has been named as the team's special