Jason Tarver Rumored to be Stanford's Top Choice for DC

Longtime Niners assistant coach, Jason Tarver, is being touted by several sources as the top potential replacement for Vic Fangio at Stanford. And before you ask, "Who?" consider: Tarver has been a Niners assistant for 10 years. That means two things: 1) Lots of NFL experience, a definite plus, and 2) He managed to survive LOTS of turnover in Santa Clara. That's right, Tarver survived and stuck around (and was even promoted at times) when Steve Mariucci became Dennis Erickson who became Mike Nolan who became Mike Singletary. Three head coaching changes during his run with SF and Tarver survived them all. So either he has some incriminating photos of the Yorks, or he's probably a pretty impressive interview.

Given his experiences with the Niners, it's likely he'd continue to run a 3-4 style defense on the Farm...

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That's interesting

But he didn’t survive the fourth.

In all fairness, though, given that I am not a follower of 49er football, I can’t say whether that would be a good move or not. Without looking at yardages and other stat lines, it looks like his worst year was 2006 when the Niners were blown out 41-0 (at KC), 48-19 (at the Stick), and 41-10 (at Chicago). 2005 was bad too, but looking at the scores, the Niners had zero offense that year apparently.

by RedOscar on Jan 26, 2026 10:26 AM PST reply actions

Would be great hire!!!

This would be a great hire… He worked with Allioti who is at Oregon while at UCLA and when UCLA almost won the 1st BSC. He is from the area and has Pac-10 roots. Plus, working in the NFL has exposed him to game planning at the top level which will help at the Farm.

by 3rdn2 on Jan 27, 2026 4:58 PM PST reply actions