San Francisco 49ers

Now that Mike Singletary has taken over as the permanent head coach of the San Francisco 49ers, he has a lot on his plate.

The first order of business for Singletary is to find an offensive coordinator to take over for Mike Martz, whom he fired.

On the outside, Singletary and Martz appeared to have a symbiotic relationship. Martz helped the first-time head coach by taking complete control of the 49ers offense. Martz adapted well to what Singletary wanted to see from the 49ers on the offensive side of the ball.

But Martz is known for his high-flying offensive approach. And it was clear that Singletary, a Hall of Fame linebacker from his days with the Chicago Bears, prefers a more conservative offensive approach.

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Mel Bratton, a recruiter for DeBartolo Sports & Entertainment, said Friday he had no involvement in the...

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Mike Singletary knows what he wants to see from the San Francisco 49ers' offense, and thinks he'll need mostly new coaches to create it on that side of the ball. The no-longer-interim head coach announced two more adjustments to his coaching staff Wednesday, firing quarterbacks coach Ted Tollner and running backs coach Tony Nathan.

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San Francisco 49ers coach Mike Singletary continued to purge his coaching staff on Wednesday.

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Now that Mike Singletary has taken over as the permanent head coach of the San Francisco 49ers, he has a lot on his plate.

The first order of business for Singletary is to find an offensive coordinator to take over for Mike Martz, whom he fired on Tuesday.

On the outside, Singletary and Martz appeared to have a symbiotic relationship. Martz helped the first-time head coach by taking complete control of the 49ers offense. Martz adapted well to what Singletary wanted to see from the 49ers on the offensive side of the ball.

But Martz is known for his high-flying offensive approach. And it was clear that Singletary, a Hall of Fame linebacker from his days with the Chicago Bears, prefers a more conservative offensive approach.

"I believe he will be an outstanding...

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NFL teams searching for coaches saw a big name stunningly burst onto their radar screens. The Denver Broncos fired Mike Shanahan, the league's second-longest tenured coach, on Tuesday after 14 seasons that included Super Bowl titles in 1998 and '99. But the Broncos blew a three-game lead in their division with three games to go this season to miss the playoffs.

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Mike Martz, the headstrong coach who took St. Louis to the 2002 Super Bowl, was fired Tuesday after one season as the San Francisco 49ers' offensive coordinator. San Francisco coach Mike Singletary announced Martz's third firing in less than three calendar years following an afternoon meeting with the veteran offensive mastermind.

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Mike Singletary wasted little time in changing his coaching staff.

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The 49ers secured Mike Singletary's future with a dramatic postgame flourish. A day later, the quarterback just as responsible for San Francisco's late-season turnaround still didn't know what his own future holds. Shaun Hill left the team's training complex Monday with no idea whether the 49ers (7-9) expect him to return to the starting job after he led the club to five wins in its final seven...

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Written off after a blowout loss to the Ravens, Donovan McNabb and Andy Reid aren't quite done in Philly.

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