Report: Ex-Dolphins assistant Foerster hired by 49ers

Former Miami Dolphins offensive line coach Chris Foerster has been hired by the San Francisco 49ers, ESPN reported Friday night. The new role remains unclear as Foerster, 57, who resigned from the Dolphins after a video linked publicly showed him allegedly snorting cocaine, will assist the "coaching staff with game-planning," according to two sources who spoke with ESPN. His hiring has not been officially announced, though Foerster has been with the team throughout the offseason.

On Oct. 9, 2017, Foerster announced his resignation and went to get professional help for drug and alcohol addiction. He completed a 60-day drug and alcohol treatment program and, in the midst of a 24-day, an inpatient rehabilitation program in January 2018, told NFL.com that his public downfall was "divine intervention."

"I was to the point where I was just praying to God, I want this stuff out," Foerster told NFL.com in 2018 while spending time in a South Florida sober-living facility. "Not like exposed, but I want this out of my life. I can't do this anymore. All this (stuff) I had going on outside of work, I don't want to do this anymore. I don't want to drink anymore. I don't want to use anymore. And sure enough, two weeks later, the video came out." Foerster checked into a rehab facility three days before his 56th birthday after he was forced to step down following the release of an online video that showed him snorting a white powder at the team's training facility. He said the video was filmed during a stretch when he used cocaine every day for eight or nine consecutive days.

Foerster's coaching career began as a graduate assistant at Colorado State in 1982. His other NFL jobs include coaching the offensive line with the 49ers (2008-09, 2015), the Washington Redskins (2010-14) and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1996-2001), when 49ers general manager John Lynch was a member of the team. 

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