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Ex-USC DC Clancy Pendergast to coach 49ers linebackers

By Gary Klein
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Former USC defensive coordinator Clancy Pendergast has joined the San Francisco 49ers staff as a linebackers coach, the team announced.

Pendergast was the Trojans defensive coordinator and secondary coach in 2013 and helped the Trojans rank No. 1 statistically in the Pac-12 Conference.

Pendergast was not retained by Coach Steve Sarkisian, who hired Justin Wilcox as defensive coordinator. Pendergast did not coach in college or the NFL last season.

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Pendergast, 47, reportedly interviewed to become defensive coordinator for the Washington Redskins, a job that went to former USC player and linebackers coach Joe Barry.

Pendergast was defensive coordinator for the Arizona Cardinals from 2004 to 2008 and for the Kansas City Chiefs in 2009.

He was defensive coordinator for three seasons at California before joining former USC coach Lane Kiffin’s staff.

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Gary Klein covers the Los Angeles Rams for the Los Angeles Times. Before that, he covered USC’s football program and athletic department. He began working for The Times in the San Fernando Valley edition and has reported on high school, college and pro sports. He grew up in Southern California and graduated from Cal State Northridge.

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