The San Francisco 49ers will hire Marc Trestman, who has been out of football for three years practicing law, to replace Mike Shanahan as offensive coordinator, the San Francisco Chronicle reported today.
And Dwight Clark, the former wide receiver whose spectacular catch of a Joe Montana pass beat the Dallas Cowboys and sent San Francisco to its first Super Bowl, will be named general manager to replace John McVay. He will become assistant to team president Carmen Policy, the newspaper said.Trestman was scheduled for a final interview with head coach George Seifert today, but the newspaper said it was a mere formality.
Shanahan, credited with designing the offense that led San Francisco to a Super Bowl victory on Jan. 29, left to become the head coach of the Denver Broncos.
Trestman, although out of football for three years, was in demand and had also been offered the same job with the University of Miami, the Chronicle said.
Despite three years on the sidelines, Trestman has solid credentials.
He was on former Dallas Cowboys head coach Jimmy Johnson's staff at Miami in the early '80s and coached in the National Football League with the Minnesota Vikings (1985-1986), Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1987), Cleveland Browns (1988-1989) and again at Minnesota (1990-1991).
Bernie Kosar, then quarterback for Cleveland, credited Trestman for his success.