Tom Rathman, 54, who has spent 22 seasons with the 49ers as a fullback or running backs coach, won’t be back with the team in 2017, a league source said.
The news didn’t come as a surprise after head coach Kyle Shanahan hired running backs coach Bobby Turner, 67, last week. Shanahan said he told Turner he’d hire him as his running backs coach if he ever became a head coach. Shanahan has spent six of the past seven seasons with Turner in Atlanta (2015-16) and Washington (2010-13), where he held the same position.