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Jim Tomsula is in his fifth season with the 49ers as the team’s defensiveline coach, after having also served as San Francisco’s interim headcoach for the final game of the 2010 season.Since Tomsula’s arrival, the 49ers run defense and pass rush havesteadily improved. During his four seasons with the team, the defensiveline has allowed a mere 3.7 yards per carry, to rank 4th in the NFL duringthat span. In terms of yards per carry allowed, San Francisco’s defenseranked 5th (3.8) in 2007, 8th (3.8) in 2008, 3rd (3.6) in 2009 and 2nd (3.5)in 2010, a notable improvement from ranking 16th (4.1) in 2006 prior toTomsula’s arrival.In 2010, the 49ers ranked 6th in the NFL in run defense, allowing just1,547 rushing yards (96.7 ypg), marking the lowest rushing total allowedby the team since 1997 (1,366 yards). DT Justin Smith was named to thePro Bowl for the second consecutive year after recording 8.5 sacks, themost since his rookie season.A year prior, the 49ers ranked 6th (97.0 ypg) in the NFL against the run,as Smith finished the year among the team leaders in tackles (90), whilealso posting 6.0 sacks, 2 FFs and 2 FRs. For his efforts, he appeared inthe 2010 Pro Bowl as an alternate.Also charged with the development of the team’s pass rush, Tomsula hashelped the 49ers increase their sack totals from 65 over his first twoseasons to 80 the past two years. After ranking tied for 3rd in 2009 with44 sacks, the 49ers posted 36 in 2010 for a two-year total that ranked7th in the NFL over that span.The epitome of a journeyman, Tomsula has coached 28 seasons of footballat the high school, college and professional levels since the Fall of1989. During that span he spent one entire year out of football (1996)and has held a multitude of coaching titles including - head coach, assistanthead coach, defensive coordinator, special teams coach, linebackerscoach, defensive line coach and strength and conditioning coach.Tomsula joined the 49ers after enjoying one of the most successful stintsin NFL Europa history. Prior to being named the head coach of the RheinFire in 2006, which made him the youngest coach in NFLE history at age38, Tomsula served as the Berlin Thunder’s defensive coordinator fortwo seasons, winning World Bowl XII in his first season with a defensethat ranked first in the NFLE against the run.Tomsula joined the NFLE in 1998 as the defensive line coach of the EnglandMonarchs. He then went on to serve in the same capacity for fiveseasons with the Scottish Claymores, where he established a reputationfor producing some of the league’s most dominant lines. He also playeda leading role in mentoring and teaching young talent in the league’sNational Player Development program.Between NFL Europa seasons, Tomsula spent each fall as a member ofDivision II Catawba College’s coaching staff, as coaching in the NFLE wasnot a year-round post. While at Catawba, he was part of numerous collegeall-star games in a coaching capacity.Tomsula was a defensive lineman at Catawba College in Salisbury, NC,after transferring from Middle Tennessee State. In 1989, he started hiscoaching career as an assistant at his alma mater after a knee injuryended his playing career. He went on to coach the defensive line coachat Woodland Hills (PA) High School in 1990.Interestingly, Tomsula spent two seasons out of football. He served asa sales rep for Thera-Kinetics, a medical equipment company, in 1991,until he landed a job as an assistant at Charleston Southern University,SC, (1992-95). In order to make ends meet in Charleston, Tomsula heldmany odd jobs such as delivering newspapers for The Post and Courier,serving as a night janitor at an insurance agency, and cutting firewood.After his stint at Charleston Southern, he returned to his hometown ofPittsburgh, PA, where he cleaned the floors at a department store untillanding a job as a sales rep at Cisco Foods. Tomsula returned to thecoaching ranks in 1997, as the volunteer assistant defensive line coachat Catawba. With no income from his coaching passion, he again pickedup a part-time job as an entry-way carpeting salesman and even livedout of his car at times.He and his wife, Julie, reside in San Jose with their daughters Britneyand Brooke, and son Bear.SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS \\33// MEDIA GUIDE