Former San Francisco 49ers safety Merton Hanks is moving to a new job with Conference USA, as Commissioner in charge of football and baseball operations. However, his departure to college football did not happen until after he spoke with the 49ers about a job, according to Mike Freeman.
There is no word on what role was discussed with the 49ers. The team has brought in ex-players in ambassador and various player development roles. Maybe Hanks wanted to get into that, maybe he wanted to get into football operations. We don’t know, and so, he is off to college football.