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• Chargers owner Alex Spanos makes his home in Stockton, California…it is approximately 80 miles from San Francisco. President and CEO Dean Spanos grew up in Stockton and graduated from Lincoln High School and University of the Pacific.
• The Chargers have six players whose hometowns are in Northern California: LS David Binn (San Mateo), WR Greg Camarillo (Menlo Park), WR Malcom Floyd (Sacramento), FB Lorenzo Neal (Hanford), DE Igor Olshansky (San Francisco), WR Kassim Osgood (Salinas) and RB Tyronne Gross (Stockton).
• The Chargers have five players and coaches who played collegiately in Northern California: LS David Binn (California), WR Greg Camarillo (Stanford), T Cory Lekkerkerker (California-Davis), FB Lorenzo Neal (Fresno State) and WRs coach James Lofton (Stanford).
• 49ers CB Sammy Davis was the Chargers’ first-round draft pick in 2003.
• Chargers secondary coach Brian Stewart coached defensive backs at San Jose State from 1997-98.
• 49ers special teams coordinator Larry Mac Duff is from Fullerton, Calif. and attended Cal-State Fullerton.
• 49ers wide receivers coach Jerry Sullivan was the Chargers wide receivers coach from 1992-96…49ers offensive coordinator Norv Turner held the same position with the Bolts in 2001…running backs coach Bishop Harris held the same position with the Buffalo Bills from 1998-99 when Chargers defensive coordinator Wade Phillips was the head coach in Orchard Park…Harris also coached under Phillips with the Denver Broncos (1993-94)…tight ends coach Pete Hoener was the offensive coordinator at TCU in 1997, LT’s freshman season on the Ft. Worth campus.
• 49ers defensive line coach Gary Emanuel coached defensive ends at Purdue when Shaun Phillips played the position for the Boilermakers…Nick Hardwick was also on the squad.
• 49ers defensive assistant and outside linebackers coach Jason Tarver coached at UCLA from 1998-2000.
• The No. 1 pick in the 2005 NFL Draft taken by the 49ers was QB Alex Smith, who grew up in San Diego and graduated from Helix High School before moving on to the University of Utah.
• The following players were college teammates: Chargers S Bhawoh Jue and 49ers DT Anthony Adams at Penn State…Chargers LB Shawne Merriman and 49ers TE Vernon Davis at Maryland…Chargers WR Greg Camarillo and 49ers OT Kwame Harris at Stanford…Chargers QB Philip Rivers with 49ers LB Manny Lawson and DE Corey Smith at NC State…Chargers QB A.J. Feeley and DE Igor Olshansky with 49ers S Keith Lewis at Oregon…Olshansky also teamed with WR Marcus Maxwell and G Adam Snyder in Eugene.