Deuce Schwartz is in his fifth season with the 49ers and first as offensive assistant/tight ends coach. He spent the previous four seasons (2022-25) as offensive quality control after joining the 49ers following one season (2021) as a defensive analyst at the University of Missouri.
Schwartz assisted a 49ers offense in 2025 that finished with top-10 marks in third down conversion percentage (49.8% – first), average first downs per game (22.3 – third), passing yards per game (244.5 – fifth), red zone touchdown efficiency (65.2% – tied-for-fifth), total yards (5,974 – seventh), yards per game (351.4 – tied-for-seventh) and points per game (25.7 – 10th). Schwartz worked closely with the tight ends, helping TE George Kittle lead the unit with 57 receptions for 628 yards and seven touchdowns. He also saw TE Jake Tonges set career highs in receptions (34), receiving yards (293) and receiving touchdowns (five).
The 49ers offense finished the 2024 season with top-five marks in yards per play (6.2), total yards (6,397), yards per game (376.3), passing yards per game (249.1) and yards per rush (4.7). The offense was led by the receiving duo of WR Jauan Jennings and TE George Kittle. Jennings registered career highs in receptions (77), receiving yards (975) and receiving touchdowns (six), while Kittle led the team in receptions (78), receiving yards (1,106) and receiving touchdowns (eight). Kittle also led all NFL tight ends in yards per reception (14.2) and games with 100-or-more receiving yards (four). The passing attack also featured rookie draft pick WR Ricky Pearsall, who appeared in 11 games and registered 31 receptions for 400 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
The 2023 San Francisco 49ers finished with top-five marks in total offense (398.4), scoring offense (28.9), rushing yards per game (140.5) and passing yards per game (257.9). The 49ers offense registered 491 total points and 6,773 total yards in 2023, both of which were the second-highest single-season marks in franchise history. In RB Christian McCaffrey (2,023 yards from scrimmage), WR Brandon Aiyuk (1,342 yards from scrimmage), WR Deebo Samuel (1,117 yards from scrimmage) and TE George Kittle (1,022 yards from scrimmage), the 49ers became the first team in NFL history to have a running back, two wide receivers and a tight end each post 1,000-or-more yards from scrimmage in a single season.
San Francisco's offense was led in 2022 by Aiyuk and McCaffrey, who was acquired in a mid-season trade. Aiyuk registered 1,015 receiving yards and eight touchdowns, giving him the first 1,000-yard season of his career. McCaffrey registered 1,210 scrimmage yards and 11 touchdowns after joining the team in Week 7. San Francisco saw three starting quarterbacks during the season, with rookie QB Brock Purdy becoming the team's starter in Week 13. The 49ers offense remained explosive, as the team ranked fifth in the NFL in yards per game (365.6) and averaged 5.9 yards per play, the fourth-highest mark in the league.
The 2021 Missouri defense finished the year holding opponents to 206.8 passing yards per game with Schwartz. DL Isaiah McGuire led the team with 6.0 sacks as DB Jaylon Carlies finished with a team-high four interceptions.
Prior to his time at Missouri, Schwartz spent one season (2020) as the assistant wide receivers coach at the University of Georgia. That season, WR George Pickens registered 36 receptions for 513 yards and a team-high six touchdown catches in just eight games played. WR Kearis Jackson finished tied for the team lead with 36 receptions and led the Bulldogs with 514 receiving yards to go along with three touchdowns.
Schwartz joined the Bulldogs after spending 2019 as a defensive quality control coach with the Cleveland Browns. Cleveland finished the season ranked seventh in the NFL, allowing 216.9 passing yards per game. The Browns registered 14 interceptions on the year, raking tied for fifth. DL Myles Garrett finished with a team-high 10.0 sacks, which ranked tied for the sixth-most in the NFL that season.
From 2017-18, Schwartz was a special teams coaching assistant with the New Orleans Saints. In 2018, K Wil Lutz finished with the fifth-highest field goal percentage in the NFL (93.3), connecting on 28 of 30 field goal attempts. Lutz's 136 points scored ranked second in the NFC and fourth in the NFL that season.
Schwartz first entered the NFL as a defensive coaching assistant with the Buffalo Bills, a role he held for two years (2015-16). The 2016 Bills allowed 223.9 passing yards per game, the sixth-best in the NFL. LB Lorenzo Alexander finished with a career-high 12.5 sacks that season. In 2015, Buffalo's 17 interceptions ranked tied for sixth in the NFL.
A native of Suffern, NY, Schwartz attended Union College (Schenectady, NY), where he played quarterback for the school in 2012.
