George Seifert
| Personal information | |
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| Date of birth: | January 22, 1940 |
| Place of birth: | San Francisco, California |
| Career information | |
| High school: | San Francisco (CA) Polytechnic |
| College: | Utah |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
| Head coaching record | |
| Regular season: | 114–62 (.648) |
| Postseason: | 10–5 (.667) |
| Career: | 124–67 (.649) |
| Coaching stats at PFR | |
George Gerald Seifert (born January 22, 1940) is an American former football coach and player. He served as the head coach for the San Francisco 49ers and the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). Seifert joined the 49ers' coaching staff under Bill Walsh in 1980 as defensive backs coach and served as the team's defensive coordinator from 1983 to 1988.
Seifert was raised in San Francisco and ushered at 49ers home games at Kezar Stadium while he attended San Francisco Polytechnic High School across the street. He attended the University of Utah, playing guard and linebacker for the Utes. He served as graduate assistant at his alma mater for a year before being hired as head coach of Westminster College in Salt Lake City at age 25, where he led the Parsons to a 3–3 record.
After working as an assistant at the University of Iowa, the University of Oregon, and Stanford University, Seifert was hired as head coach at Cornell University. He was fired after going 3–15 in two seasons. He then returned to Stanford in 1977, where he met Walsh. When Walsh moved to the 49ers in 1979, Seifert remained at Stanford for one more year before joining him.
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