Jets to hire Robert Saleh as head coach

The 49ers’ search for a new defensive coordinator can officially begin. Robert Saleh is set to take the New York Jets’ head coaching job. Josina Anderson had the first report.

Saleh’s rise to a head coach position was rapid. He took his first defensive coordinator job with the 49ers in 2017, got into the coaching cycle last year as a finalist for the Cleveland Browns job, and interviewed with six of seven teams with openings this year.

The Jets have struggled over the past decade. They haven’t been to the playoffs since 2010, and they won just seven games over the last two years under Adam Gase, who was fired after the season. Saleh will be the 20th head coach in Jets history.

San Francisco will receive a compensatory third-round pick in the 2021 draft and the 2022 draft for Saleh’s hire as a head coach under the adjusted Rooney Rule.