49ers Announce Front Office Updates
This week, the 49ers announced a number of updates to their front office. For starters, while we had known San Francisco had reunited with former director of football research & development Kwesi Adofo-Mensah following his dismissal from a role as Vikings general manager, but we didn’t know his title. Alongside the announcement of several promotions, the team disclosed that Adofo-Mensah’s title in his return will be vice president, personnel & strategy.
Also earning the VP moniker this week was Austin Moss II, who was promoted from senior director, player affairs & development to vice president, player development & team dynamics. Moss started with San Francisco in 2018 as the team’s director of player engagement and was promoted to his most recent position in 2024.
Formerly working as manager, football administration, Jeff Weidemeyer worked his way up to senior manager, football administration & roster management. Weidemeyer’s NFL career began as a salary cap analyst/staff counsel in Philadelphia from 2012-16. After six years as executive vice president and general counsel at Select Sports Group, Weidemeyer returned to the league as football contract administrator for the 49ers in 2022, getting promoted to his most recent role in 2024.
In the scouting department, Nathan Biehl was promoted from NFS scout to area scout. Biehl joined the team in 2024 after four years interning in video with the Buccaneers. Replacing him as NFS scout will be Ryan Carter, who has been promoted from scouting assistant. Carter is also in his third year with the team.
Another third-year scouting assistant, Casey Filkins also earned a promotion and will now work as a player personnel scout filling a role made vacant when former player personnel scout Jordan Fox was promoted to pro scout. Like many others here, Fox joined the 49ers two years ago, doing so after a two-year stint as a scouting assistant for the Jets.
Also, in the personnel department, Grant Bordelon has been promoted from football personnel systems analyst to football systems and personnel operations specialist. He also joined the 49ers in 2024 after a playing career as a defensive lineman at MIT. Lastly, former assistant to the general manager Michael Gonzalez has been promoted to head of general manager operations. Unlike everyone else here, Gonzalez joined the team in 2014 as a football operations intern, working different roles over the past 12 years “supporting the club’s executive football leadership across personnel operations and strategic planning.”
NFC Front Office Updates: Biehl, 49ers, Powell
Another Biehl has entered the NFL ranks of scouting as Neil Stratton of SucceedinFootball.com tells us that Nathan Biehl has joined the staff in San Francisco. Biehl’s dad, Mike Biehl, is currently the director of player personnel for the Buccaneers.
Biehl had been working for his dad’s team in Tampa Bay as a video intern while finishing school at nearby South Florida. He joins the 49ers as the team’s new NFS scout, following in his father’s personnel footsteps.
Here are a few other personnel updates from around the NFC:
- The 49ers made two other updates to their scouting department, per Stratton. Casey Filkins joins the staff as a new scouting assistant, making the short trek over from Stanford. As a running back for the Cardinal, Filkins struggled to stay on the field in his four years of play. Following the conclusion of his playing career, it appears Filkins will attempt to make the transition to scouting. In addition, San Francisco added Grant Bordelon as a new football systems personnel analyst. A former defensive lineman at MIT, Bordelon will look to continue utilizing his football IQ (and his regular IQ) on the gridiron.
- Lastly, the Saints have promoted long-time staffer Ryan Powell, according to Stratton. Powell started in the NFL as a training camp assistant for the Seahawks in 1998. He’s now been with New Orleans for 19 years, spending 17 of those as a pro scout after two years as a combine scout. This newest promotion will make Powell a national scout.