The San Francisco 49ers are interviewing Kansas City Chiefs defensive backs coach David Merritt for their vacant defensive coordinator role, NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero reported on Wednesday.
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Merritt, a longtime assistant of Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo, has an extensive coaching history, having been in his current role with Kansas City since 2019.
However, Merritt has been much more than a defensive backs coach; after a short playing career as a linebacker in the NFL, the 52-year-old began as an outside linebackers coach at Tennessee-Chattanooga in 1997.