The San Francisco 49ers were interested in hiring Adam Gase as head coach, but they made naming Jim Tomsula defensive coordinator a condition of his potential employment.

Gase refused the proposition and the 49ers hired Tomsula as head coach.

The 49ers then offered Gase the job of offensive coordinator, but he instead took the same job with the Chicago Bears under John Fox.

Albert Breer of NFL.com reports Gase offered to keep Vic Fangio as defensive coordinator or to hire Vance Joseph from the Cincinnati Bengals.