Newly hired New York Jets head coach Aaron Glenn will reportedly hire former 49ers assistant coach Steve Wilks as his defensive coordinator, NFL Network reported on Wednesday.

Wilks, who has worked as an NFL assistant coach for 16 years with six different franchises, was fired after serving as the 49ers defensive coordinator during the 2023 season, which culminated in a Super Bowl LVIII loss to Kansas City in Las Vegas.

Wilks, 55, took a year off from coaching during the 2024 season. He’ll replace Jeff Ulbrich, another ex-49ers assistant, who was the Jets’ coordinator the past four seasons. Ulbrich served as the Jets’ interim head coach during New York’s final 12 games after Robert Saleh was fired.

Saleh returned to the 49ers last week, becoming the fourth different coordinator in San Francisco in the past four years — DeMeco Ryans, Wilks and Nick Sorensen, who was fired after the 49ers’ 6-11 season concluded.

Despite his background as a defensive coach, Glenn said during his introductory news conference Monday that he wasn’t planning on calling the Jets’ defensive plays.

“I want to be the best head coach you can find,” said Glenn, who was the Lions’ defensive coordinator from 2021-24. “In order for me to do that, I think I need to manage the game.”

Saints may wait to hire coach until after Super Bowl >> The city hosting the Super Bowl also has the only NFL team without a head coach.

The New Orleans Saints’ search for a new coach could wait until after the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs wrap up the big game next Sunday.

Eagles offensive coordinator Kellen Moore appears to be a leading candidate for the job after his interview on Monday. The Saints can’t hire Moore until after the Super Bowl on Feb. 9 is complete.

Moore, Saints interim coach Darren Rizzi, Miami defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver and New York Giants offensive coordinator Mike Kafka all have conducted in-person interviews.

Mike McCarthy became the third high-profile candidate to pull out of the Saints’ search on Tuesday, joining Buffalo offensive coordinator Joe Brady and Washington offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury.

NFL confident in security plan >> The NFL’s security chief projected confidence in the league’s security plans as New Orleans prepares to host the Feb. 9 Super Bowl in the aftermath of a terror attack that killed 14 people there on New Year’s Day.

NFL chief security officer Cathy Lanier said there will be heightened security measures around the game.

“I think the most important thing is, very clear and unequivocal, saying without hesitation that we are really confident in our security plan going into the Super Bowl,” she said.