Take a look at each potential general manager/head coach who has met with the 49ers, in order of when they took the interview.
Buffalo Bills interim head coach (Jan. 4) Update: Hired as the Chargers head coach (Jan. 12)
Green Bay Packers director of football operations (Jan. 5)
Green Bay Packers director of player personnel (Jan. 5)
Minnesota Vikings assistant general manager (Jan. 6)
Atlanta Falcons offensive coordinator (Jan. 6)
New England Patriots offensive coordinator (Jan. 7)
Indianapolis Colts vice president of football operations (Jan. 8)
Washington Redskins offensive coordinator (Jan. 9) Update: Hired as the Los Angeles Rams head coach (Jan. 12)
Carolina Panthers assistant general manager (Jan. 9)
Carolina Panthers defensive coordinator (Jan. 10) Update: Hired as the Buffalo Bills head coach (Jan. 11)
ESPN NFL front office insider and former Philadelphia Eagles director of pro personnel (Jan. 10)
Arizona Cardinals VP of player personnel (Jan. 13)
Seattle Seahawks offensive line coach/assistant head coach (Jan. 15)
Seattle Seahawks co-director of player personnel (Jan. 16)
Seattle Seahawks co-director of player personnel (Jan. 16)
The San Francisco 49ers are adding to their list of potential general manager candidates with Seattle Seahawks co-director of player personnel Trent Kirchner.
Kirchner interviewed with the 49ers on Monday, two days after Seattle's loss against the Atlanta Falcons in the divisional round of the NFL playoffs.
The respected personnel man has 17 years of experience in the NFL. Kirchner's career began in 2000 as a scouting intern for the Seahawks. He then spent one year in Washington as a college scouting coordinator before joining the Carolina Panthers in 2002. Kirchner spent eight seasons with the Panthers as a pro personnel scout until 2009.
Current Seahawks general manager John Schneider recruited Kirchner to join his staff in Seattle as the team's assistant director of pro personnel in 2010. In 2013, Kirchner was promoted to director of player personnel before assuming his current position in 2015.
Kirchner played a role in Carolina's selections of linebacker Thomas Davis and pass-rusher Julius Peppers. Upon joining the Seahawks, he deserves credit for Seattle's decision to draft quarterback Russell Wilson, linebacker Bobby Wagner and cornerback Richard Sherman.
