The Cowboys are wasting little time assembling a staff for new head coach Brian Schottenheimer, hiring Nick Sorensen as their special teams coordinator. Sorensen is

The Cowboys, having moved on from head coach Mike McCarthy while also allowing incumbent special-teams coordinator "Bones'' Fassel to take the same job with the Tennessee Titans, are planning to bring 49ers ex Nick Sorensen to The Star.

After one season as the San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator, Nick Sorensen has landed a new role with an NFC rival. After being fired as the 49ers defensive coordinator, Sorenson is reportedly set to join Brian Schottenheimer’s new staff in Dallas as the Cowboys special teams coordinator.

The San Francisco 49ers and head coach Kyle Shanahan announced that Brant Boyer has been named as the team's special teams coordinator.

The San Francisco 49ers hired former New York Jets special teams coordinator Brant Boyer on Monday to take over a unit that has struggled for years under coach Kyle Shanahan. Shanahan fired special teams coordinator Brian Schneider following a season in which mistakes in the kicking game contributed to a 6-11 record.

Brant Boyer was announced Monday as the 49ers’ new special teams coordinator, a role he held the past nine season with the Jets, where he overlapped and worked under coach Robert Saleh, who was re-hired Friday as the 49ers’ defensive coordinator.