Seahawks expected to poach 49ers assistant to replace Kubiak as offensive coordinator

Brian Fleury is reportedly defecting from the 49ers’ coaching staff to become the Seahawks’ offensive coordinator, a week after Seattle won Super Bowl 60 at Levi’s Stadium.

He will replace Klint Kubiak, who was hired as the Las Vegas Raiders’ coach and worked with Fleury on the 2023 49ers’ staff under Kyle Shanahan.

Fleury coached George Kittle and the 49ers’ other tight ends the past four seasons after joining the 49ers in 2019 as a defensive quality control coach.

“Sad,” Kittle wrote on the social-media platform X in response to NFL Network’s report on Fleury’s impending move.

Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald had figured to promote from within to replace Kubiak, who is hiring former Seattle quarterbacks coach Andrew Janocko to serve as the Raiders’ offensive coordinator.

Fleury took on the formal title of run-game coordinator this past season after contributing in a similar capacity in earlier seasons, following Mike McDaniel’s exit in 2022 to coach Miami.

As Shanahan enters his 10th season as the 49ers’ coach, he’ll do so with his fifth different defensive coordinator in five years, having pegged Raheem Morris for that role. Morris spent the past two seasons coaching the Atlanta Falcons, and his former defensive backs coach there, Jerry Gray, is expected to also join the 49ers’ staff, CBS Sports reported.