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)
A spokesman for the San Francisco 49ers announced on Tuesday morning that the team is set to begin its second round of interviews for the open general manager position. There was no official list released as to which candidates made the cut, but the announcement did say that some candidates have been notified that they're no longer in the running.
The 49ers have interviewed nine candidates for GM thus far: Eliot Wolf and Brian Gutekunst from the Green Bay Packers, George Paton of the Minnesota Vikings, Jimmy Raye III from the Indianapolis Colts, ESPN front office insider Louis Riddick, Terry McDonough of the Arizona Cardinals, Brandon Beane from the Carolina Panthers as well as Trent Kirchner and Scott Fitterer from the Seattle Seaahwks.
Attached is the official announcement from the 49ers vice president of communications Bob Lange via Twitter. Below that are a few tweets from various media with speculation as to which candidates are still being considered for the job.
Lange confirmed that each second interview will be announced as it's happening, as was the case the first time around. Stay tuned for those updates 49ers.com and follow @49ers on Twitter.
