Kyle Shanahan

Born December 14 1979 in Minneapolis Minnesota Kyle Shanahan is the son of twotime Super Bowlwinning head coach Mike Shanahan He attended Saratoga High School in California while his father served as offensive coordinator for the San Francisco 49ers then Cherry Creek High School in Colorado when his father became head coach of the Denver Broncos The 6foot1 185pound Shanahan accepted a scholarship to Duke University but transferred to the University of Texas at Austin as a walkon playing wide receiver and catching fourteen passes for 127 yards during his career Shanahan began coaching as a graduate assistant at UCLA in 2003 under Karl Dorrell before joining the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as offensive quality control coach under Jon Gruden from 2004 to 2005 In 2006 Gary Kubiak hired him as the Houston Texans wide receivers coach making him the youngest position coach in the NFL He became the leagues youngest offensive coordinator in 2008 at age twentyeight The Texans finished third in yards per game that season with quarterback Matt Schaub leading the league in passing yards and wide receiver Andre Johnson leading in receiving yards After stints as offensive coordinator with the Washington Redskins 20102013 and Cleveland Browns 2014 Shanahan joined the Atlanta Falcons in 2015 His 2016 Falcons offense led the league with 540 points and set franchise records in yards per game 4158 and average yards per play 67 helping quarterback Matt Ryan win NFL MVP Atlanta scored fortyfour points in the NFC Championship Game victory over Green Bay before reaching Super Bowl LI The 49ers hired Shanahan as head coach on February 6 2017 After starting 09 in his first season he engineered a remarkable turnaround finishing 610 In 2019 Shanahan became only the third coach alongside Tom Landry and Marvin Lewis to start 80 after an earlier 08 season start leading the 49ers to a 133 record and Super Bowl LIV appearance He orchestrated a stunning comeback from a seventeenpoint halftime deficit against Detroit in the 2023 NFC Championship Game to reach Super Bowl LVIII Shanahans career head coaching record stands at 8267 550 in the regular season and 95 643 in the postseason ranking third in total wins among 49ers coaches He has led San Francisco to four NFC Championship Games two Super Bowl appearances and three NFC West titles Shanahan married Amanda ODonnell in 2005 and they have three children Stella Carter and Lexi