The 49ers pass game coordinator Klint Kubiak will be hired by the New Orleans Saints as their offensive coordinator following the Super Bowl, as ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports. The Saints are the most recent team to make this move. Although Kubiak will continue to coach the 49ers through the end of the season, the hiring cannot be finalised until then.
Kubiak spent time with the Broncos and Vikings before being hired by the 49ers in 2023. After Bobby Slowik left the 49ers to join the Texans in the summer, he took over as the pass game coordinator. Slowik was a huge success in his first season as Houston’s offensive coordinator, so it seems natural that the Saints would look to develop a successor.
It’s unknown who the 49ers will appoint to take Kubiak’s place as coordinator of their pass game. As they did with Kubiak the previous year, they may seek assistance from someone outside the company. Alternatively, they may elevate a somebody from within the company, someone who is already familiar with Kyle Shanahan’s offensive scheme.
The possibilities include Brian Griese, the coach of quarterbacks, Klay Kubiak, the younger brother of Clint, the coach of tight ends, and Brian Fleury, the tight ends coach, who just conducted an interview for the open offensive coordinator post with the Patriots. If Fleury doesn’t get hired as an offensive coordinator elsewhere first, I’m assuming he will be the front-runner to succeed Kubiak on the 49ers.
