"Foerster, 57, joined the 49ers during the offseason, but the hiring was never announced, nor is Foerster currently mentioned on the 49ers' team website," wrote Jenna Laine of ESPN. "He assists the coaching staff with game-planning, the sources said."
Foerster resigned from his role with the Miami Dolphins on October 9, 2017, after a video surfaced of him snorting a white powdery substance. He promised to seek professional help for drug and alcohol addiction.
"If he was fully on our coaching staff, going to practice and going to games, I understand that it's something that I'd have to address, but he's not," head coach Kyle Shanahan told NBC Sports Bay Area. "He's in a consulting role. A lot of teams have consultants. I understand the ramifications of that, and why people will ask why I didn't say anything about it."
This is Foerster's third stint with the 49ers. He was the offensive line coach from 2008-09, and then again in 2015. Foerster has spent time with several other teams as an offensive line coach, including the Dolphins, Washington Redskins, Baltimore Ravens, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
"He is still in a consulting role because I do understand the seriousness of this matter," Shanahan added. "We're trying to ease him back in. I understand how big of a problem he did have. I also understand what he's doing in committing to fix that problem. We're trying to give him a chance to get back on track."
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