Report: 49ers will offer head-coach job to Kyle Shanahan
Jan 17, 2017 at 4:30 PM
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The 49ers will offer their head-coach position to Atlanta offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan, 37, and are prepared to wait for the Falcons' season to end to hire him, ESPN reported Tuesday. The Falcons host Green Bay in the NFC Championship Game on Sunday. The fact that the 49ers' upcoming offer to Shanahan leaked to the media could be viewed as a sign the team is confident he'll sign a contract. The offer to Shanahan was foreshadowed Monday when New England offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels withdrew from consideration. [...] three women — two ex-wives and an ex-girlfriend — came forward in 2009 and alleged Cable had abused them. Carolina assistant GM Brandon Beane, Green Bay director of player personnel Brian Gutekunst, Arizona VP of player personnel Terry McDonough, Minnesota assistant GM George Paton, Indianapolis VP of football operations Jimmy Raye III, ESPN analyst/former NFL executive Louis Riddick and Green Bay director of football operations Eliot Wolf. On Tuesday, NFL Network reported that Gutekunst is the front-runner to land the job, with Paton and Wolf also in contention, if the 49ers hire Shanahan.
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