Former CSM player Mike Solari will return to the San Francisco 49ers, who have announced his appointment as offensive line coach.

Solari won a Super Bowl ring with the 49ers in 1994 as an assistant coach.  From 1992-96 he  held positions coaching tight ends and assisting with offensive line duties.

Solari, 55, holds one of 16 Super Bowl rings earned by former CSM players and coaches: Bill Walsh, John Madden, Dick Vermeil, Neal Dahlen, Steve Shafer, and Bill Ring.

(See chart below.)

7 former College of San Mateo players / coaches with 16 Super Bowl rings:

– Bill Walsh, CSM player

San Francisco 49ers head coach (3: 1982, 1985, 1989)

Stanford head coach

– John Madden, CSM player

Oakland Raiders head coach (1: 1977)

Allan Hancock College head coach

– Neal Dahlen, CSM player (MVP) and assistant coach

San Francisco 49ers player personnel (5: 1982, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1995)

Denver Broncos general manager (2)

– Dick Vermeil, CSM assistant coach

Napa JC head coach

UCLA

Philadelphia Eagles

St. Louis Rams (1, 1999)

Kansas City Chiefs

– Steve Shafer, CSM assistant coach and head coach

College of the Sequoias player

Baltimore Ravens assistant head coach (1, 2001)

– Bill Ring, CSM player

San Francisco 49ers player (2, 1982 & 1985) 1981-86

– Mike Solari, CSM player

San Francisco 49ers, assistant coach (1, 1994)

Kansas City Chiefs, line coach / offensive coordinator

– Total rings: 16  (number and years noted in parentheses above)

Just a few additional CSM  notables in the coaching profession:

– Ted Tollner, CSM head coach

Head coach USC and San Diego State

Offensive coordinator, SF 49ers, Detroit Lions

– Walt Harris, CSM player

Head coach, Pitt and Stanford

– Doug Scovil, CSM head coach

Backfield coach at Navy coached New Mexico Military JC transfer Roger Staubach to Heisman trophy (the first JC transfer to win the Heisman)

– Bill Dickey, CSM player and head coach

Oakland Invaders coach

– Larry Owens, CSM head coach

NFL Europe coach;