UPDATE (Monday at 10:20am) -- The 49ers on Monday morning officially announced the hiring of Roy Anderson as the team's assistant defensive backs coach.
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The 49ers have reached an agreement to hire former Indianapolis Colts safeties coach Roy Anderson to a coaching position in the team’s defensive backfield, a source confirmed.
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Anderson joins former Cleveland Browns secondary coach Jeff Hafley with a focus on the 49ers’ secondary on Chip Kelly’s staff. The hiring of Anderson is expected to be announced Monday after he signs his contract.
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Anderson, 35, spent four seasons with the Colts as the team’s safeties coach. He spent his first two sesaons with the Colts coaching 49ers safety Antoine Bethea, whom the 49ers signed as a free agent in 2014.
Anderson spent seven NFL seasons with the Baltimore Ravens prior to moving with Chuck Pagano to the Colts. He originally joined the Ravens in 2005 as a player personnel assistant. He moved to a spot on the Ravens’ coaching staff in 2009 as a defensive assistant. His final two seasons with the Ravens were in the position of defensive assistant/secondary coach.
San Francisco 49ers
49ERS STAFF
Position: Coach (2015 position)
Coach: Chip Kelly (Eagles/head coach)
Offensive coordinator: Curtis Modkins (Lions/run game coordinator)
Quarterbacks: Ryan Day (Eagles/quarterbacks)
Running backs: Tom Rathman (49ers/running backs)
Wide receivers: Bob Bicknell (Eagles/wide receivers)
Tight ends: Jeff Nixon (Dolphins/running backs)
Offensive line: Pat Flaherty (N.Y. Giants/offensive line)
Asst. offensive line: Eric Wolford (49ers/asst. offensive line)
Quality control: Mick Lombardi (49ers/defensive assistant)
Defensive coordinator: Jim O'Neil (Browns/defensive coordinator)
Defensive line: Jerry Azzinaro (Eagles/defensive line)
Outside linebackers: Jason Tarver (49ers/outside linebackers)
Inside linebackers: Hardy Nickerson (Buccaneers/linebackers)
Defensive backs: Jeff Hafley (Browns/secondary)
Defensive backs: Roy Anderson (Colts/safeties)
Special teams: Derius Swinton (Bears/assistant special teams)
Asst. special teams: Michael Clay (Eagles/asst. special teams)