Andrew Hayes-Stoker is in his sixth season with the 49ers and second as the team's offensive assistant/wide receivers coach. He spent the previous four years as San Francisco's assistant defensive backs coach (2023-24) and defensive quality control coach (2021-22). He joined the 49ers after spending five seasons (2016-20) as the wide receivers coach at the University of Illinois.
In 2025, Hayes-Stoker assisted a wide receivers group that helped the 49ers lead the NFL in passing first downs (237), rank fifth in passing yards per game (244.5) and rank sixth in total receiving yards (4,318). He helped WR Jauan Jennings register 55 receptions for 643 yards and a career-high nine touchdowns, all of which were the most among San Francisco wide receivers. Hayes-Stoker also worked with WR Kendrick Bourne, who led the team in yards per reception (14.9).
In 2024, Hayes-Stoker assisted the fifth-ranked passing defense in the NFL (192.8). He helped DB Deommodore Lenoir register a career-high 85 tackles to go along with nine passes defensed, two interceptions and the first forced fumble of his career. He also assisted with the development of rookie draft picks CB Renardo Green and S Malik Mustapha. Green finished the season with 60 tackles, a team-high 13 passes defensed, one interception and one forced fumble. His 13 passes defensed were tied for the second-most among rookies in the NFL (Mike Sainristil, Was. – 14 & Nate Wiggins, Bal. – 13) and marked the most passes defensed by a 49ers rookie since at least 2000. Mustapha finished the year with 71 tackles, five passes defensed and one interception. His 71 tackles were the fifth-most on the team.
The 2023 San Francisco 49ers finished the season tied for first in interceptions (22). CB Charvarius Ward led the secondary with 72 tackles, a NFL-high 23 passes defensed and a team-high five interceptions (one returned for a touchdown). Ward earned Associated Press Second-Team All-Pro honors for the first time in his career.
In 2022, the 49ers defense ranked first overall in the NFL, allowing 300.6 total yards per game and first with 16.3 points allowed per game. San Francisco's defense also ranked tied for first with 20 interceptions and second with 77.7 rushing yards allowed per game. Second-year S Talanoa Hufanga saw a breakout season, starting all 17 games, grabbing his first four career interceptions and setting career highs in tackles (97), sacks (2.0), forced fumbles (two) and passes defensed (nine), earning First-Team AP All-Pro and Pro Bowl honors.
Hayes-Stoker and the 49ers defense ranked third in the NFL in 2021, allowing 310.0 total yards per game. San Francisco also was sixth in the NFL, surrendering 206.5 passing yards per game. The Niners forced 22 fumbles on defense in 2021, the most in the NFL and the most in a single season by the 49ers since 1994.
The 2020 Fighting Illini averaged 349.0 total yards per game as WR Josh Imatorbhebhe led the team with 22 receptions for 297 yards and three touchdowns. In 2019, Hayes-Stoker helped Illinois reach the 2019 Redbox Bowl held at Levi's Stadium, marking the school's first trip to a bowl game in five years. Illinois averaged 26.7 points per game that season, as Imatorbhebhe finished the season with 33 catches for 634 yards and nine touchdowns. His nine touchdown receptions were the second-most in Illinois history. Hayes-Stoker helped Illinois offense move up 64 spots nationally in total yards per game average (408.7) in 2018. In his second year at Illinois in 2017, Hayes-Stoker coached freshman WR Ricky Smalling, who finished the season with 33 receptions for 406 yards and five touchdowns, becoming the fourth true freshman in program history to lead the Illini in receiving yards. In 2016, he helped WR Malik Turner lead the team in receptions (48), receiving yards (712) and receiving touchdowns (six). Turner's six touchdown receptions ranked seventh in the Big Ten that season.
