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.

The San Francisco 49ers hired former New York Jets special teams coordinator Brant Boyer to take over a unit that has struggled for years under coach Kyle Shanahan.

Brant Boyer has been charged with overseeing the San Francisco 49ers’ unsightly special teams. The 49ers hired Boyer to be their special teams coordinator on Monday in hopes he can upgrade units that played a significant role in their 6-11 season in 2024.

The San Francisco 49ers have needs on both sides of the trenches this offseason, so the fact NFL Media draft expert Daniel Jeremiah had them spending the 11th overall pick to bolster one of their fronts is no shock.

Meanwhile, the 49ers have lost two Super Bowl games and a pair of conference title clashes under Shanahan since February 2020. More recently, San Francisco could not overcome a noteworthy injury crisis during this past regular season, and the club finished with a record of 6-11.

The San Francisco 49ers last used a first-round pick on an offensive lineman in 2018, selecting tackle Mike McGlinchey with the ninth overall pick. Of course, the team lacked a first-round pick in 2022 and 2023,