Teams will want to interview the 49ers’ coaching staff because they are a great organization, regardless of how you feel about the 2024 season. It is now the turn of the Jacksonville Jaguars.

According to Jordan Schultz of Fox Sports, the Jaguars have asked 49ers assistant offensive line coach Cameron Clemmons for an interview. Under recently hired head coach Liam Coen, this would be for the offensive line coach post with the Jaguars.

Clemmons has played for the 49ers for one season. 49ers assistant OL coach Cameron Clemmons.

It seems unlikely that San Francisco will refuse this request for an interview. While his replacement, James Cregg, left to become the team’s offensive line coach, Clemmons joined the team in early 2024 from the Las Vegas Raiders.

Whether an interview took place and whether the 49ers need to hire their second assistant offensive line coach in as many years will be revealed in the coming days. To allow coaches to continue their careers, we’ll likely see a few more interviews in the coming weeks for these additional assistant roles.

Negotiations with Robert Saleh.

We knew that the 49ers paid Robert Saleh a lot of money to hire him as defensive coordinator. We were unaware that the CEO of the team personally assisted in writing the payment.

Tim Kawakami brought up last week’s hiring of Robert Saleh in his most recent mailbag with The San Francisco Standard. It turns out that the 49ers CEO had a more say in this decision than any other head coach in this era.

There is one difference this time, according to what I’ve heard: Jed York was directly involved in this choice more than he was in any prior assistant-coach decision of this era. He agreed to Saleh’s top-tier salary and, at one point, attempted to secure staffing for the future. In essence, I believe that the 49ers’ executives, including York, Kyle Shanahan, and John Lynch, are attempting to arrange for Saleh to remain with the team for more than a year. They’ll at least make it simple for Saleh to be extremely particular about the location and schedule of his next job. 49ers assistant OL coach Cameron Clemmons.

Alright, there are a few things to consider.

First off, this is essentially consistent with reports that have surfaced during the 49ers’ pursuit of Saleh. His goal was to become the league’s highest-paid defensive coordinator. We were unaware of York’s level of involvement in this. Although it’s clearly his bank account, the “personally” aspect is intriguing.

There isn’t much the 49ers can do to dissuade Saleh from becoming a head coach other than to make him look at the gravy train he would be leaving behind, like York did. The 49ers seem to be attempting to make it extremely difficult for Saleh to leave the franchise, much like the New England Patriots did with Josh McDaniels while Tom Brady and Bill Belichick were there. After a year, it becomes even more difficult for another team to entice Saleh away when you take into account family, relocation, etc. Saleh does not have to accept the first head coaching position that is offered to him in 2026, though that is not to suggest it won’t happen. 49ers assistant OL coach Cameron Clemmons.

Saleh will be a name to watch if the 49ers defense performs well in 2025, but he will also have a lot of influence over the jobs he decides to take. Therefore, they will need to give far more than just a seat if a dumpster fire of an organization chooses to approach him with an offer.

York’s involvement also suggests something else: do you think the 49ers’ CEO would even be involved in acquiring Shanahan if he was actually on the hot seat, as some would have you believe? Not to mention paying Saleh more than any other defensive coordinator in the league. There were rumors that York was unhappy with the 49ers’ expenditure on the Brandon Aiyuk trade, which was presumably exaggerated more than anything else.

York is aware that winning costs money. According to reports, York was unhappy with the 49ers’ expenditures on Jim Harbaugh’s staff during the whole ordeal. When Jim Tomsula entered the picture, this lesson proved to be costly. Even though it’s difficult to persuade a coordinator to join a team where the head coach didn’t pay his dues (in Tomsula’s case, he wasn’t a defensive coordinator), Tomsula’s staff was…well, Geep Chryst as offensive coordinator and Eric Mangini as defensive coordinator because they weren’t paid top dollar.

It’s clear that York has learned his lesson after spending so much money on players, Shanahan, and now Saleh. I do find it hard to think he would spend so much money on a defensive coordinator who was hoping to stay with the team for more than a season if there was any conflict between him and Shanahan.