There is now only 1 candidate left for the San Francisco 49ers head coaching position. Seattle’s Tom Cable officially withdrew his name from consideration a day after supposed favorite Josh McDaniels withdrew his name. That leaves Atlanta’s offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan as the 49ers primary target. He was a top option with Josh McDaniels from the start of the search.
Kyle Shanahan is scheduled to have his 2nd interview with the 49ers after this weekend’s NFC Championship game. Kyle is coming off an impressive offensive performance against the 49ers’ NFC West rival Seattle Seahawks and will look to continue that against the Green Bay Packers. If the Falcons get knocked out this weekend, the 49ers would be able to offer the job to him immediately afterwards. The 49ers would like to get the position filled as quickly as possible so they could fill out the rest of their coaching staff. But if the Falcons do make the Super Bowl, they are willing to wait for Kyle.
Kyle has been an offensive coordinator for 9 seasons and has coached a top 10 offense in 6 of them. The rumors have him accepting the job as soon as his playoff run is over. That would end a wild weekend of rumors with McDaniels withdrawing, Cable being interviewed then withdrawing and the 49ers ending up with a young, rising coach. The rumored GM to be paired with Kyle is the Packers Brian Gutekunst. Seattle’s Trent Kirchner withdrew his name on the same day Tom Cable withdrew.
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