Kyle Shanahan feels “very grateful” for contract extension

Kyle Shanahan became head coach of the 49ers in 2017. Before he started his seventh season, he signed yet another extension.Shanahan met with reporters on Wednesday, for the first time since the new deals for him and G.M. John Lynch were announced. He explained that the deal was done before Week 1."We did it before the Pittsburgh game, so I'd already celebrated with my family and stuff like that, which is huge," Shanahan said. "I feel very grateful. Just being a coach anywhere for a long time, I know what that means and extremely grateful for that to have that opportunity and mainly for my family to be somewhere for so long, which is cool. But, doing it before this season even started, I think meant a lot to me. Just shows you the people that we're with, that we believe in each other, despite what could happen whether we were 0-3 or 3-0, we'd still be in the same situation. I really like where we live and really like the people we work with, and they're committed to giving us a chance to go for it every single year and that's all I could ever ask for."Shanahan had not been with any one team for more than four years. He'll remain in San Francisco indefinitely, and possibly for many...