For the second time in less than 11 months, the San Francisco 49ers are in the market for a new defensive coordinator.  According to NBC Sports Bay Area, the 49ers have decided that Nick Sorensen won't be returning as the team's defensive coordinator in 2025.

The Athletic’s Matt Barrows on Tuesday reported the 49ers fired defensive coordinator Nick Sorensen after one season. It’s the second time in as many offseasons San Francisco has parted ways with a defensive coordinator. More to come…

The 49ers will be searching for a new defensive coordinator for the third year in a row after they relieved Nick Sorensen of his duties. Here is why.

The 49ers removed Nick Sorensen from his role as defensive coordinator on Tuesday night but hope to retain him in a different role, a source said.

But, according to Matt Barrows of The Athletic, the 49ers are primed to pass over that trio in favor of the man they just removed from the position of defensive coordinator. Kyle

The San Francisco 49ers are moving on from defensive coordinator Nick Sorensen, according to multiple reports on Tuesday evening, marking the second consecutive year that they will have fired a defensive coordinator after one season.

The San Francisco 49ers will have a new defensive coordinator next season, after head coach Kyle Shanahan opted to move on from Nick Sorensen following the 6-11 season. Despite firing Sorensen, Shanahan left the door open to retaining him on the staff in a new role.

Nick Sorensen wasn’t the San Francisco 49ers’ first choice. And he evidently wasn’t a great choice. The 49ers decided Tuesday not to retain Sorensen as their defensive coordinator, 11 months after they promoted him following a search during which they failed to land several other candidates,

The 49ers continued to change their coaching staff on Tuesday by removing Nick Sorensen from his post as defensive coordinator, according to multiple reports. San Francisco would like to keep Sorensen on head coach Kyle Shanahan’s staff for next season but in a different role.

Kyle Shanahan is changing out 49ers defensive coordinators for the fourth time in five years. Nick Sorensen, like his immediate predecessor Steve Wilks, won’t return to that role after one season in it,

Last season, under Wilks, the 49ers were also eighth in defensive yards, but allowed the third fewest points in the NFL. Wilks' firing was attributed to inconsistency on defense.

Just one year after parting ways with defensive coordinator Steve Wilks following a Super Bowl appearance, the San Francisco 49ers are set to dismiss Wilks' successor, Nick Sorensen, from his role as defensive coordinator.