49ers officially announce front office changes
Feb 18, 2016 at 1:18 PM
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Today, the San Francisco 49ers announced that Al Guido is new team president. Former team president Parrag Marathe is now chief strategy officer and executive VP of football operations.
This change was
revealed back in December, but the team announced that it would not become official until after Super Bowl 50.
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