San Francisco 49ers coach Mike Nolan did not look far to find a replacement for Norv Turner. Nolan on Wednesday promoted Jim Hostler to offensive coordinator. After serving the last two seasons as quarterbacks coach for the 49ers, Hostler will replace Turner, who was named coach of the San Diego Chargers on February 19.

San Francisco 49ers linebacker Derek Smith underwent surgery Tuesday to repair a damaged muscle connected to his left eye, a delicate injury that hampered his play last season. Smith won't participate in contact drills until the preseason, but should be healthy for his 11th pro campaign.

San Francisco 49ers cornerback Walt Harris had surgery to insert a screw in his broken left hand. The 11-year veteran broke a bone in the Pro Bowl earlier this month. Harris earned his first Pro Bowl trip in his debut season with San Francisco. The 49ers also waived cornerback Sammy Davis, who played one season as a backup after arriving from San Diego in a trade for receiver Rashaun Woods.

The San Diego Chargers have their new head coach and it's the man everyone thought was going to be head coach of Dallas. FOXSports.com has learned that the Chargers have tabbed 49ers offensive coordinator Norv Turner as their new head coach. Turner went to San Diego late last night to work out a deal with the team. General Manager A.J. Smith held talks with Turner late last night and ironed out a deal. This morning Turner informed his current boss Mike Nolan that he did in fact have the job and was moving on. FOXSports.com first reported the Chargers direction at about midnight Sunday.

Flashing a Super Bowl ring, which is a strange sight around here, Rex Ryan spoke about how he'd love to win an NFL championship with the Chargers. "That would be something that we'd be targeting. We'd like to get several of those," Ryan said after emerging from his interview with Chargers executives on Thursday. Ryan earned his Super Bowl ring as defensive line coach of the Ravens in 2000. He just completed his second year as the Ravens' defensive coordinator. Niners offensive coordinator Norv Turner, a two-time Super Bowl winner as Dallas' offensive coordinator in the early 1990s, interviewed Thursday afternoon.

The Chargers began their coaching search so quickly that the first candidate to be interviewed ran into the guy he hopes to replace. Hall of Fame linebacker Mike Singletary, the assistant head coach of the 49ers, met with team executives Wednesday, less than 48 hours after Marty Schottenheimer was fired.

The Chargers received permission Tuesday to interview four candidates to replace fired head coach Marty Schottenheimer, including one-time San Diego offensive coordinator Norv Turner. Turner was offensive coordinator with the Chargers in 2001. He's currently the offensive coordinator of the 49ers. He interviewed for the Cowboys' head coaching job that went to Wade Phillips, the Chargers' former defensive coordinator. The Chargers also received permission to interview 49ers assistant head coach Mike Singletary and Bears defensive coordinator Ron Rivera, both of whom interviewed for the Cowboys job. The fourth candidate is Ravens defensive coordinator Rex Ryan. The Chargers did not say when the candidates would be interviewed.

Contract negotiations for defensive tackle Bryant Young are under way, according to the 49ers. The team expects that Young will return for his 14th season with the club. The length of the deal is still part of the discussion. Young, 35, has missed only three games in the last two seasons, and last year appeared in all 16 games. He won the Len Eshmont award, given to the team's most courageous and inspirational player, by a vote of his teammates for the seventh time last season. His 5.5 sacks and 52 tackles also made him a Pro Bowl alternate. "He still has a lot of that left," 49ers coach Mike Nolan said at the end of the season. "I also think that as we're building this thing, you need as many people like B.Y. on your football team (as possible) to reinforce what that player does, not only for your players, but for your community and every aspect of your organization. I would hope that for those two reasons he would remain."

Norv Turner won't be the Cowboys' next head coach after all. That's great news for everybody with the 49ers, and even Turner doesn't seem too disappointed to be staying home. The Cowboys hired Wade Phillips on Thursday, about 10 days after Turner emerged as the apparent front-runner to replace Bill Parcells. Turner, the Cowboys' former offensive coordinator who holds the same job in San Francisco, won two Super Bowl titles in three seasons running Dallas' offense. But the Bay Area native will be chasing his third ring with the 49ers, whose once-awful offense improved remarkably during his first season in charge. After Phillips' hiring was announced, Turner said he had no regrets about his failed bid -- and he reaffirmed his desire to work alongside Mike Nolan.

Center Jeremy Newberry's almost decadelong association with the 49ers ended this week when he was informed the team wouldn't re-sign him. Newberry, who wants to play again after recovering from microfracture right knee surgery in August, will turn his attention to the Raiders. Newberry, 30, was chosen by the 49ers in the second round of the 1998 draft out of Cal and rose to become the team's best lineman for several seasons. He was elected to the Pro Bowl in 2002.