Coaches And Staff

Flanagan, who will scout the Northeast region, joins the 49ers as the team’s Northeast Area Scout after spending the previous eight seasons with the Washington Redskins.

Flanagan served as an area scout for the Redskins from 2007-11, where he was responsible for evaluating college prospects at schools located in the Southwest region (2007-10) and Southeast region (2011).

Prior to working as an area scout, Flanagan served as a college scouting assistant with the Redskins for two seasons (2005 and 2006). He originally entered the NFL in 2004 as an intern in the Redskins’ personnel department.  

Flanagan was a three-time letterman and team captain as an outside linebacker at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, ME. He also lettered in baseball. A native of Lowell, MA, Flanagan received a degree in mathematics and a minor in economics, in 2000. He also received a master’s degree in sport management from Massachusetts-Amherst, in 2004.