by David Zizmor

photo credit: inquisitor.com 49er head coach Jim Tomsula

SANTA CLARA–Will 49ers head coach Jim Tomsula return to the 49ers next season? That’s a tough question to answer that involves team CEO Jed York and team general manager Trent Baalke. Tomsula is the guy that they wanted all along and if you read enough articles and do a little digging on this it sounds like had former 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh had not been available five years ago Tomsula would have been the head coach back then.

There is talk that former Eagles head coach Chip Kelly might be the next 49ers head coach and that Tomsula could get his walking papers despite inheriting a 49ers team that was roster gutted when former stars, Michael Crabtree, Patrick Willis, Frank Gore, Mike Iupati, Justin Smith, had left the club. Inspite of it all Tomsula is getting the blame and could be out and replaced by Kelly.

You might remember that former 49ers head coach Mike Singletary got fired in the end of the 2010 season and Tomsula coached the final game of that season. He won that final game and the players loved him and he was this great story as the guy who was wondering around the coaching community for years and years.

Everybody like him and he lived in his car and he kind of climbed his way up with perseverance and he became a respected line coach and here he is getting his chance to coach the 49ers in that one final game of the season and it didn’t seem like he was a long term coaching candidate but if you read into it it seems like Tomsula was on the short list to be the 49ers head coach back then.

David Zizmor did the 2015 49ers podcasts each week for http://www.sportsradioservice.com