The Seattle Seahawks need a new offensive coordinator after Klint Kubiak took the head coaching job with the Las Vegas Raiders. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, San Francisco 49ers tight ends coach Brian Fleury is interviewing Saturday for the Seahawks’ vacant offensive coordinator position.
Fleury has long ties to Kyle Shanahan: the two originally worked together on the Cleveland Browns’ staff in 2014, before Shanahan hired Fleury in San Francisco as a defensive quality control coach. Fluery spent
a season on defense before moving to offense in 2020. Since then, Fleury has been promoted to tight ends coach and, most recently, added the title of run game coordinator.
Seahawks fans might view this as head coach Mike Macdonald trying to gather intel and better understand the 49ers’ thinking on this side of the ball. Recent history would suggest Macdonald doesn’t need any additional assistance to slow down the 49ers.
A logical conclusion is that Fleury is respected by his coaching peers and contributes to the 49ers’ game plan more than we on the outside realize.
