49ers interview Broncos tight ends coach Pat McPherson

by David Fucillo on Jan 14, 2009 5:57 PM PST in San Francisco 49ers News

Earlier today Mike Singletary and Scot McCloughan had a phone interview with Broncos tight end coach Pat McPherson for the vacant quarterbacks coach position.

Given that the 49ers already interviewed Rick Dennison for the OC position, the pattern is emerging. They interviewed Rob Chudzinski of the Browns and then interviewed Rip Scherer for the QB position. The new OC will have the power to bring in their own QB coach, but rather than wait until after he's hired, include him in the original interview process. Has this happened elsewhere? It seems like a smart and creative way to handle the situation. As I said before, it should help Singletary get a better idea of the guy who will be his right-hand man on offense.

Before I get to his coaching history, it's interesting to note that his father, Bill McPherson, was a long time member of the 49ers front office and coaching staff until 2005. Also, Pat tried out for the 49ers as an undrafted rookie free agent. Here's his coaching history:

1994-1997: Bellarmine College Prep, defensive coordinator/ILB coach
1996: San Francisco 49ers, defensive quality control volunteer
1998: Denver Broncos, defensive assistant
1999-2002: Denver Broncos, offensive assistant
2003-2006: Denver Broncos, quarterbacks coach
2007-2008: Denver Broncos, tight ends coach

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Boooooo

Bellarmine is a prestigious all boys athletic school in san jose.
we never beat them in anything.

MURS for President!!!!!!!

by jtoj on Jan 14, 2009 6:05 PM PST reply actions

what about Jeremy Bates

Qb coach for Broncos… he was the primary play caller for the broncos other than shanahan, he can help develop young qbs and help with the running game as well as the passing game. I always thought the broncos had the most balanced offense.

Joe and Steve were under the same system for years... don't expect Smith to be super so soon.

by bayboy on Jan 14, 2009 9:30 PM PST reply actions

Bates

In Barrows discussion of McPherson, he said:

The 49ers also have discussed Broncos assistant Jeremy Bates, although there are no plans to interview him at this point. Bates was Denver’s quarterbacks coach the last two seasons. New Broncos coach Josh McDaniels is still assembling his staff. While he has not ruled out the team’s current assistants, they have permission to interview elsewhere.

So nothing known for sure about Bates.

by David Fucillo on Jan 14, 2009 9:56 PM PST up reply actions