49ers Name New G.M. and Keep Nolan as Coach
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Coach Mike Nolan will return to the San Francisco 49ers next season despite going 16-32 in his first three years with the club.
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The San Francisco 49ers hired receivers coach Jerry Sullivan and secondary coach A.J. Christoff on Sunday.
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The San Francisco 49ers are back to normal, and that's no good.
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Coach Dennis Erickson and general manager Terry Donahue presided over some of the darkest days in the proud history of the San Francisco 49ers, who lost games, good players and incalculable respect in recent years.
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The 49ers promoted quarterbacks coach Jim Hostler to offensive coordinator Tuesday, the fifth coach to hold that job in five seasons in San Francisco.
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Thanks to two wins this season and a 9-23 record over the past two has 49ers co-owner John York considering a front-office shakeup.
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It could have been the Candlestick crowds crooning &quot;Deuuuce&quot; instead of those in New Orleans. The 49ers were enamored with Saints running back Deuce McAllister before the 2001 draft, when McAllister went to the Saints with the 23rd overall pick.
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Jim Mora, long assumed to be the successor to Mike Holmgren in Seattle, reportedly will be announced Wednesday as the Seahawks next coach.
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Lock it in place, toss the key and tell a friend: Dennis Erickson will not coach the San Francisco 49ers next season. He doesn&#39;t want to be there, management doesn&#39;t want him back and the 2-11 team is mega-doomed for the future.
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Don&#39;t count San Francisco 49ers coach Dennis Erickson out of Ole Miss&#39;s hunt for a new coach just yet. On Tuesday, Erickson met with Ole Miss athletic director Pete Boone and chancellor Robert Khayat for two hours in a Santa Clara, Calif.
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Seattle Seahawks assistant head coach  Jim Mora will become head coach when Mike Holmgren steps down  after the 2008 season, the team said on Wednesday.
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Pat Fitzgerald, a former All-American linebacker at Northwestern, was hired Friday as the Wildcats&#039; coach and became the youngest head coach in Division I-A. He replaced Randy Walker, who died last week of an apparent heart attack.
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The San Francisco 49ers were expected to fire coach Dennis Erickson at a news conference on Wednesday after two losing seasons, three team sources told The Associated Press.
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Seattle Seahawks assistant head coach Jim Mora will become head coach when Mike Holmgren steps down after the 2008 season, the team said on Wednesday.
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DAVIE, Fla.  -- Shoes and other equipment filled 4-foot-high bins in the Miami Dolphins' locker room Monday, signaling the start of the offseason. Another sign: upheaval in the offices upstairs. The Dolphins' latest shake-up began before noon when new boss Bill Parcells fired general manager Randy Mueller and two other members of the player personnel staff. Jeff Ireland, vice president of college and pro scouting for the Dallas Cowboys, was the front-runner to replace Mueller and confirmed he was flying Tuesday to South Florida for an interview.
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P.J. Carlesimo, who was attacked by one  of his own players during his last NBA head coaching job, was  confirmed as the new head coach of the Seattle SuperSonics on  Thursday.
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The Washington Redskins made a stunning decision Saturday night, naming recently hired offensive coordinator Jim Zorn as the team's new head coach, according to sources with knowledge of the situation.