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Klay Kubiak Explains His Role as the 49ers' Pass Game Coordinator

The 49ers have a pipeline of Kubiaks.

Grant Cohn

Feb 4, 2024; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Detailed view of San Francisco 49ers helmet. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 4, 2024; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Detailed view of San Francisco 49ers helmet. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports / Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
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SANTA CLARA -- Last season, the 49ers' pass game coordinator was Klint Kubiak.

Now, he's the offensive coordinator for the New Orleans Saints. And his replacement as the 49ers pass game coordinator is his little brother, Klay Kubiak.

The 49ers have a pipeline of Kubiaks.

This week, Klay was asked what he'll do as the pass game coordinator. Here's what he said.

Q: What does the change in title entail for you in terms of change in responsibility?

KUBIAK: "It will probably be a little bit more holistic -- passing game all around, dealing with all the skill position groups a little more closely, which I've kind of been doing the past couple years as well. I've been with quarterbacks but kind of had my hand in a lot of things. I guess just expanding the role a little bit. A little bit more responsibility in some areas."

Q: Is this the same role that Klint had last year?

KUBIAK: "Yeah, I guess so. Klint and I worked together really closely. I guess it's the same role."

Q: Even though your title is the pass game coordinator, are you still working on run stuff, too?

KUBIAK: "Absolutely. It all ties together. It starts with formations. It starts with our scheme and how we want to tie runs into play actions and protections and all those things. It all ties together. Brian Griese, Chris Foerster, we all do a good job of working together to try to make our offensive install look like what we're going to be in the season."

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Grant Cohn has covered the San Francisco 49ers daily since 2011. He spent the first nine years of his career with the Santa Rosa Press Democrat where he wrote the Inside the 49ers blog and covered famous coaches and athletes such as Jim Harbaugh, Colin Kaepernick and Patrick Willis. In 2012, Inside the 49ers won Sports Blog of the Year from the Peninsula Press Club. In 2020, Cohn joined FanNation and began writing All49ers. In addition, he created a YouTube channel which has become the go-to place on YouTube to consume 49ers content. Cohn's channel typically generates roughly 3.5 million viewers per month, while the 49ers' official YouTube channel generates roughly 1.5 million viewers per month. Cohn live streams almost every day and posts videos hourly during the football season. Cohn is committed to asking the questions that 49ers fans want answered, and providing the most honest and interactive coverage in the country. His loyalty is to the reader and the viewer, not the team or any player or coach. Cohn is a new-age multimedia journalist with an old-school mentality, because his father is Lowell Cohn, the legendary sports columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle from 1979 to 1993. The two have a live podcast every Tuesday. Grant Cohn grew up in Oakland and studied English Literature at UCLA from 2006 to 2010. He currently lives in Oakland with his wife.

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