The San Francisco 49ers rewarded coach Kyle Shanahan with a new six-year contract Monday after he took the team to the Super Bowl in his third season at the helm.A person familiar with the deal said the Niners are replacing the three years remaining on Shanahan’s original six-year contract signed in 2017 to keep him under contract through 2025.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal hasn’t been announced.ESPN first reported the new extension.The 49ers won just 10 games in Shanahan’s first two seasons in San Francisco before a breakthrough in 2019.
The Niners went 13-3 in the regular season to earn the top seed in the NFC playoffs and then went to the franchise’s first Super Bowl in seven years.