49ers Make Front Office Changes
The new-look 49ers front office will continue to undergo changes. The John Lynch-led operation parted ways with two executives, pro personnel director Mike Williams and assistant director Quentus Cumby, according to Tim Kawakami of the San Jose Mercury News (on Twitter).
San Francisco didn’t unveil the Lynch hiring until the last week of January, so the team opted to keep some staffers through the draft — similar to the Colts and Bills as they change regimes. But Williams and Cumby will be looking for work elsewhere now, as Lynch and Kyle Shanahan continue their reboot.
Williams and Cumby each rose to their current positions under since-fired GM Trent Baalke, although both began their initial 49ers tenures before Baalke rose to prominence in the front office. Each spent four years in their most recent roles with the team. A higher-profile mid-offseason departure occurred when assistant GM Tom Gamble and the team parted ways in late February.
Cumby spent more than a decade with the franchise, serving the first seven as the 49ers’ pro personnel scout. Williams was serving in his second stint with the 49ers. He worked with the team from 2000-08 and spent the final four years of that stay in Cumby’s aforementioned position as assistant pro personnel director before taking the Rams’ VP of player personnel job in 2009.