Former NFL Welker-Austin join SF 49ers staff

Former NFL receivers Wes Welker and Miles Austin have joined the San Francisco 49ers coaching staff, the team announced Wednesday. Those moves highlighted several additions to head coach Kyle Shanahan's staff.

Welker, 37, will coach the team's wide receivers. He spent the past two seasons as an offensive/special teams assistant with the Houston Texans. He caught 903 passes for 9,924 yards and 50 touchdowns in a 12-year playing career. He earned two first-team All-Pro honors and five Pro Bowl selections, all while playing for the New England Patriots. Austin, 34, will be an offensive quality control coach. He spent the first eight years of his 10-year NFL career with Dallas and retired in 2015, and he then went to work as a scouting intern for the Cowboys after his playing days. He caught 361 passes for 5,273 yards and 37 touchdowns in his career.

The 49ers also announced Shane Day as quarterbacks coach, Zach Yenser as assistant offensive line coach, Bobby Slowik as an offensive assistant and Brian Fleury as a defensive quality control coach. Daniel Bullocks was promoted to safeties coach from assistant defensive backs coach. --Field Level Media