In the wake of last week’s tense interview with coach Mike Singletary, the host of the “Coach’s Corner” segment on KPIX has been replaced by Kim Coyle.

Because the show is done as part of a contracted partnership, the 49ers have editorial input. 49ers spokesman Bob Lange said changing hosts was a “joint agreement (with KPIX) to give the interviews a better dynamic going forward.”

The key, Lange said, is that Coyle will be able to do the interviews face-to-face with Singletary at the 49ers’ team headquarters in Santa Clara. O’Donnell asked his questions from the KPIX studio in San Francisco.

Last week, Singletary was rankled by questions about the communication problems that plagued the 49ers’ in their season-opening defeat.

When O’Donnell asked about quarterback Alex Smith, for example, Singletary snapped: “Alex will be fine Monday night. Watch the game and you will see that Alex will be fine. I don’t want to talk about time. I don’t want to talk about clock. I don’t want to talk about any of that. I want to talk about New Orleans if you want to talk about that.”

KPIX originally posted the interview on its web site but removed it when it became a minor sensation. Singletary on Tuesday acknowledged that he lost his cool during the interview. He vowed to be more measured in his responses.

“I say things that I feel and I do have to do a better job at not letting the media bait me the way they did last week in one particular incident,” Singletary. “I do have to do a better job at that and I have to be smarter in that situation.”

O’Donnell and KPIX general manager Ron Longinotti did not return phone calls.