Peter Hansen (American football)
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Peter Hansen is an American football
coach. He is defensive assistant/quality control coach for the San Francisco 49ers
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for four seasons (2004–07), working primarily with the Vikings' tight ends and defensive ends. He also served as the team's defensive coordinator during the 2006 and 2007 campaigns.
, who accepted that same position with the Niners after Jim Harbaugh was hired as head coach.
He had previously served as a strength-and-conditioning intern for the Cardinal, in 2008.
announced Peter Hansen defensive assistant/quality control coach on February 4, 2011. Hansen will perform similar duties with the Niners while helping with film breakdown, scouting reports and practice preparation.
"Harbaugh had called him and then handed the phone to Fangio, who explained what he would do," Earl Hansen related. "He (Peter) knows the defense better than anyone but Fangio. They (the 49ers) are going to run the same defense they ran at Stanford."
, the 6-foot-8 Hansen majored in economics and played both football and basketball. He blocked seven field goals and point-after attempts during his career, and earned second team all-Pac-10 Conference honors as a special teams' performer, in 2000. Hansen was a member of the Wildcats' basketball team during the 1999–2000 and 2001–02 seasons.
Hansen played professional football for the Cannes Iron Mask in Cannes, France, in 2003, and later played professional basketball for Club Falcon in Copenhagen, Denmark, during the 2003–04 season.
native who still lives in town, Hansen attended Palo Alto High and played football for his father. Peter quarterbacked the Vikings to their first-ever Central Coast Section in 1995 when he scored two touchdowns in a 14-10 win over Saratoga in the Division IV finals.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
coach. He is defensive assistant/quality control coach for the San Francisco 49ers
San Francisco 49ers
The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and...
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High School
Hansen was an assistant coach under his father at Palo Alto HighPalo Alto High School
Palo Alto Senior High School, known locally as "Paly," was founded in 1898 and is one of the oldest high schools in the region. Located in Palo Alto, California, United States, Paly is nestled in the heart of Silicon Valley, and is adjacent to Stanford University. Paly is known for its academically...
for four seasons (2004–07), working primarily with the Vikings' tight ends and defensive ends. He also served as the team's defensive coordinator during the 2006 and 2007 campaigns.
College
Hansen spent the past two years (2009–11) as a defensive assistant on the Stanford football coaching staff, working closely with defensive coordinator Vic FangioVic Fangio
Vic Fangio is an American football coach. He is the current defensive coordinator of the San Francisco 49ers. Prior to being named the 49ers Defensive Coordinator, Fangio was defensive coordinator for the Stanford Cardinal, linebackers coach for the Baltimore Ravens and defensive coordinator for...
, who accepted that same position with the Niners after Jim Harbaugh was hired as head coach.
He had previously served as a strength-and-conditioning intern for the Cardinal, in 2008.
Professional
The San Francisco 49ersSan Francisco 49ers
The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and...
announced Peter Hansen defensive assistant/quality control coach on February 4, 2011. Hansen will perform similar duties with the Niners while helping with film breakdown, scouting reports and practice preparation.
"Harbaugh had called him and then handed the phone to Fangio, who explained what he would do," Earl Hansen related. "He (Peter) knows the defense better than anyone but Fangio. They (the 49ers) are going to run the same defense they ran at Stanford."
Playing career
A two-sport athlete at the University of ArizonaUniversity of Arizona
The University of Arizona is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885...
, the 6-foot-8 Hansen majored in economics and played both football and basketball. He blocked seven field goals and point-after attempts during his career, and earned second team all-Pac-10 Conference honors as a special teams' performer, in 2000. Hansen was a member of the Wildcats' basketball team during the 1999–2000 and 2001–02 seasons.
Hansen played professional football for the Cannes Iron Mask in Cannes, France, in 2003, and later played professional basketball for Club Falcon in Copenhagen, Denmark, during the 2003–04 season.
Personal
A Palo AltoPalo Alto, California
Palo Alto is a California charter city located in the northwest corner of Santa Clara County, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, United States. The city shares its borders with East Palo Alto, Mountain View, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Stanford, Portola Valley, and Menlo Park. It is...
native who still lives in town, Hansen attended Palo Alto High and played football for his father. Peter quarterbacked the Vikings to their first-ever Central Coast Section in 1995 when he scored two touchdowns in a 14-10 win over Saratoga in the Division IV finals.