The 49ers have made a coaching staff change after a disappointing 2024 NFL season.

Special teams coordinator Brian Schneider has been fired by the 49ers, a league source confirmed to NBC Sports Bay Area’s Jennifer Lee Chan on Monday.

A league source confirms #49ers Special teams coordinator Brian Schneider has been relieved of his duties. @nwagoner had it first

— JLC – I’m on bluesky @jenniferleechan (@jenniferleechan) January 7, 2025

ESPN’s Nick Wagoner was first to report the news of Schneider’s firing.

Schneider, who was signed in March 2022, just completed his second season in that role with the 49ers. He is a long-time NFL assistant and also spent the 2003 college season at UCLA, where current 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan was a graduate assistant.

Before joining the 49ers, Schneider spent 11 seasons with the Seattle Seahawks and one with the Jacksonville Jaguars.

While the 49ers have had elite offensive and defensive units over the past two years, their special teams unit has consistently struggled.

Schneider’s team was never able to find a consistent kickoff or punt returner this season.

Kicker Jake Moody has been struggling after suffering a sprained right ankle against the Arizona Cardinals on October 6th.

Moody, Anders Carlson, Matthew Wright and Mitch Wishnowsky combined to make 33 of 43 field goal attempts, or 76.7 percent, which was the sixth-worst mark in the NFL this season.

Punters Wishnowsky and Pat O’Donnell averaged 45.1 yards per kick, fifth-worst in the league. Their combined net yardage of 38.6 was the second-worst this season.

The 49ers have several areas to address this offseason, and now Shanahan and President of Football Operations/General Manager John Lynch will begin the search for a new special teams coordinator.

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