The 49ers essentially blamed Steve Wilks for their latest Super Bowl collapse. They fired him a few days later, then promoted Nick Sorensen to defensive coordinator. Sorensen has been on the 49ers ...

Don't let the 49ers' win over the Seahawks overshadow what's at stake for Nick Sorensen next week against the Chiefs. Sorensen is having a rough start to his first season as a defensive coordinator.

Insurmountable pressure has rested on the shoulders of the San Francisco 49ers for the last few years. The combination of their talent and coaching staff has made them an automatic pencil in for the ...

This offseason, the 49ers have fired Steve Wilks, promoted Nick Sorensen to defensive coordinator, hired Brandon Staley to help him and also hired former Seahawks linebacker K.J. Wright as a defensive ...

SANTA CLARA -- Nick Bosa clearly never bought into Steve Wilks last season. Wilks was an outsider who wanted to do certain things differently than the way the 49ers had done them before. So when the ...

Usually when a coach has been hired or promoted, they can detail exactly why they were. However, that wasn't really the case with 49ers defensive coordinator Nick Sorensen. For the first time since ...

In 2023, the 49ers gave up the third-fewest points in the NFL under defensive coordinator Steve Wilks. Then they fired him. In 2024, the 49ers gave up the fourth-most points in the NFL under defensive ...

A staple of the 49ers' defense has always been their vaunted pass rush. However, they are not generating a great number of sacks as in year's past so far. It seems like their most effective way to get ...