National Football League

49ers interview Jimmy Raye III for general manager job

Published Jan. 8, 2017 11:24 a.m. ET

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) The San Francisco 49ers have interviewed Indianapolis vice president of football operations Jimmy Raye III for the team's vacant general manager job.

CEO Jed York met with Raye on Sunday as part of his cross-country interview tour to find replacements for fired coach Chip Kelly and general manager Trent Baalke following a 2-14 season that tied the worst mark in franchise history.

Raye is the son of former 49ers offensive coordinator Jimmy Raye II, who held the job in 2009-10. He has spent the past four years with the Colts after a 17-year tenure in San Diego, where he served as director of college scouting and then director of player personnel.

Raye is the fourth candidate to interview for the general manager job in San Francisco, following Minnesota assistant GM George Paton, Green Bay director of football operations Eliot Wolf and Packers director of player personnel Brian Gutekunst.

---

For more NFL coverage: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP-NFL