🗞️ Quick Brief • Aug 09, 2026
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Improving Shanahan plans to coach preseason
-- San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan isn't quite all the way back to full coaching duties following his car crash last month. He said he has been at...
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- -- San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan isn't quite all the way back to full coaching duties following his car crash last month.
- He said he has been at or near full strength for a little bit after suffering a concussion, three broken ribs and a broken left hand, among other injuries, in the July 14 crash.
- "As far as the important stuff, I feel it's about 100%," Shanahan said Saturday.
- I really tried to eliminate stuff that I would say is just the fake work stuff." Speaking to Bay Area media from the lectern was the latest step in Shanahan returning to full coaching duties after ceding some of them to assistant head coach Chris Foerster and his coordinators as he recovered from the concussion.
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-- San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan isn't quite all the way back to full coaching duties following his car crash last month. He said he has been at or near full strength for a little bit after suffering a concussion, three broken ribs and a broken left hand, among other injuries, in the July 14 crash. "As far as the important stuff, I feel it's about 100%," Shanahan said Saturday. I really tried to eliminate stuff that I would say is just the fake work stuff." Speaking to Bay Area media from the lectern was the latest step in Shanahan returning to full coaching duties after ceding some of them to assistant head coach Chris Foerster and his coordinators as he recovered from the concussion. "I try not to come in here every single day because I feel like if I did, I wouldn't be able to pull off my normal routine, which is watching hours and hours of tape and getting to walk through the night being able to watch stuff after that," Shanahan said. "My head feels so much better," Shanahan said.