Kyle Shanahan is entering just his third season as head coach of the San Francisco 49ers, and while he has not had much success thus far, he brings a whole lot of knowledge to the table.
49ers offensive assistant Katie Sowers raved about Shanahan's methods of leading, which helped lead her to becoming only the second full-time female coach in the history of the NFL.
“Being able to learn from Kyle Shanahan is something I’ve never taken for granted – he’s not the type to go out of his way to do something to make a point,” said Sowers on The Football Girl Podcast. “What’s really cool about that is that what I did and what I showed in Atlanta (as an intern for him) could add value to the team. When he got the head coaching job in San Francisco, and I said would you be interested in having me as an intern again, he was more than happy to have me on board – it helped my confidence, it helped knowing that I was on the right path, that I was doing what I needed to do to keep growing as a coach.”
In his first two years as 49ers head coach, Shanahan has gone just 10-22 and is coming off of a 2018 campaign in which he went just 4-12, but with Jimmy Garoppolo missing just about all of the year with a torn ACL and San Francisco in all-out rebuilding mode anyway, wins and losses aren't all that paramount for Shanahan right now.
What matters is his effect on the team, and apparently, it has been a positive one thus far.
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