Brian Fleury

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Brian Fleury
San Francisco 49ers
Position:Tight ends coach
Career information
High school: Seneca Valley (Maryland)Germantown
College: Maryland (1998)
Towson (1999–2002)
Undrafted: 2003
Career history
As a coach:
  • Maryland (2003–2004)
    Intern / graduate assistant
  • Sacred Heart (2005)
    Secondary coach
  • Sacred Heart (2006–2008)
    Defensive coordinator / secondary / outside linebackers coach
  • Towson (2009–2012)
    Special teams coordinator / defensive backs coach
  • Buffalo Bills (2013)
    Quality control coach
  • Cleveland Browns (2014)
    Assistant linebackers coach
  • Cleveland Browns (2015)
    Outside linebackers coach
  • San Francisco 49ers (2019)
    Defensive quality control coach
  • San Francisco 49ers (20202021)
    Offensive quality control coach
  • San Francisco 49ers (2022–present)
    Tight ends coach
As an administrator:

Brian Fleury (born 1979or1980) is an American football coach and former player who is the tight ends coach for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Maryland Terrapins and Towson Tigers and has previously had coaching stints with Maryland, Sacred Heart, Towson, Buffalo Bills, Cleveland Browns and Miami Dolphins.

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Early life

Fleury played quarterback for Frederick High School in Frederick, Maryland, before transferring to Seneca Valley High School in Germantown, Maryland, where he played under his stepfather head coach. [1] He only started as a senior and was selected All-Metro after throwing for 2,025 yards and 26 touchdowns while leading the team to an undefeated record and the state championship. [2] [3] He received no NCAA Division I athletic scholarship offers and thus joined the Maryland Terrapins as a walk-on in 1998. [2] He then played for the Towson Tigers from 1999 to 2002. [4]

Coaching career

Fleury began his coaching career in 2003 as a graduate assistant and intern at Maryland. [1] After two years in the position, Fleury became secondary coach for the Sacred Heart Pioneers in 2005 and then served from 2006 to 2008 as their defensive coordinator, secondary coach and outside linebackers coach. [5] He returned to Towson in 2009 and served four years as special teams coordinator and defensive backs coach. [6]

Fleury entered the National Football League (NFL) in 2013 and served as quality control coach for the Buffalo Bills. [7] He joined the Cleveland Browns as assistant linebackers coach in 2014, and then was promoted to outside linebackers coach in 2015. [7] He moved to the Miami Dolphins in 2016, spending a year as a football analyst before being their director of football research from 2017 to 2018. [8]

Fleury was hired by the San Francisco 49ers in 2019 as defensive quality control coach, then shifting to being an offensive quality control coach in 2020. [9] He helped the team reach the Super Bowl in 2019 against the Kansas City Chiefs. [1] He was promoted to tight ends coach in 2022, coaching All-Pro George Kittle. [4] [10] He was among the offensive coordinator candidates for the New England Patriots in 2024. [11]

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