DeAngelo Hall interviewing for 49ers' DB coach job after parting ways with Panthers

The San Francisco 49ers are interviewing former NFL cornerback DeAngelo Hall for their defensive backs coach job next week, per Mike Garafolo of NFL Network.

Hall, who spent the last two seasons serving as assistant defensive backs coach for the Carolina Panthers, mutually parted ways with the organization Friday to seek a job as a primary position coach. He could find that in San Francisco, working under head coach Kyle Shanahan and defensive coordinator Robert Saleh, hired back to the team last week after a stint as head coach of the New York Jets from 2021-24.

The Panthers have also dismissed safeties coach Bert Watts, outside linebackers coach Tem Lukabu, and defensive quality control coach Bobby Maffei since the end of the 2024 season.

DeAngelo Hall seeking new opportunities after parting ways with Panthers

Hall, 41, transitioned into coaching following a 14-year playing career in the NFL. The former Virginia Tech standout played for the Atlanta Falcons (2004-07), Oakland Raiders (2008) and Washington Redskins (2008-17), making three Pro Bowls. Hall tallied 814 tackles (638 solo), 43 interceptions, 141 passes defended, 11 forced fumbles and 15 fumble recoveries.

“I think you come with a little more credibility when you’ve done it,” Hall said in August 2023 of what he brings as a coach. “It’s totally different because you can’t go out and physically affect the game; you’ve got to affect it with your work, you got to affect it with the process, your due diligence. Coaching is a partnership between me and that player to try to get the best out of them. And, you know, I want them to make plays more than I think I wanted to make them for myself. I think the passion and the desire to want to put those guys in a position to make plays is probably even bigger than it was for myself.

“I told somebody, I thought I watched a lot of film as a player. But I’m watching a whole hell of a lot as a coach. And it’s almost like, damn, what if I watched this much film when I played? I thought I knew what was going on, and now it’s ten-fold. And part of that is just a commitment to serve those guys, to make sure I’m crossing every T and dotting every I and making sure I’m watching that film with the intent to put those guys in position to make plays.”