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The new additions include offensive line coach Butch Barry, replacing Mike Devlin, and linebackers coach Sean Spence, replacing Navorro Bowman.

There are plenty of tough decisions ahead on the defense, including whether they can re-sign star Khalil Mack and keep the outside linebacker group together.

'It's our responsibility to get up to his level, and we're continually striving to do that,' Jim Harbaugh said after a second consecutive early playoff exit.

Injuries to key players, including Justin Herbert and Rashawn Slater, were factors in Coach Jim Harbaugh's second 11-win season.

The new defensive coordinator, who was the team's safeties coach in 2024, takes over for Jesse Minter, who left to become the Baltimore Ravens' head coach.

Columnists Jim Alexander and Mirjam Swanson discuss what's going on with the Lakers and Clippers, as well.

O'Leary, who was the Chargers' safeties coach in 2024, replaces Jesse Minter, who left last week to become the Baltimore Ravens' head coach.

Chargers' new offensive coordinator stresses the importance of 'taking a little off (Herbert's) plate,' in developing a new plan of attack for the quarterback.

McDaniel will be tasked with unlocking the full potential of quarterback Justin Herbert, who was the NFL's ninth-leading passer during the 2025 season.

Minter, 42, got his start as an NFL assistant coach with the Ravens, spending four seasons in several defensive roles between 2017 and 2020.