35 head coaches have taken home a Super Bowl victory. Just so happens that one of them is blood relatives of the man who on Sunday might become the 36th.
In addition to having the opportunity to win his first Super Bowl in Las Vegas, 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan also has the opportunity to create history as one half of a father-son championship-winning tandem. Mike Shanahan, Shanahan’s father, helped shape his son into one of the best all-around head coaches in the NFL after winning back-to-back titles with the Broncos in the late 1990s.
Even though the younger Shanahan is still only 44 years old, pressure is beginning to build as he leads a loaded San Francisco team into the Chiefs game. As the offensive coordinator for the Falcons seven years ago, Shanahan was a part of the biggest collapse in Super Bowl history, and four years ago, his 49ers blew a 10-point lead in the fourth quarter against these same Chiefs in the Super Bowl.
But that pressure disappears and history is made if Shanahan can win just one more game.
Even though the younger Shanahan is still only 44 years old, pressure is beginning to build as he leads a loaded San Francisco team into the Chiefs game. As the offensive coordinator for the Falcons seven years ago, Shanahan was a part of the biggest collapse in Super Bowl history, and four years ago, his 49ers blew a 10-point lead in the fourth quarter against these same Chiefs in the Super Bowl.
But that pressure disappears and history is made if Shanahan can win just one more game.
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This is the lineage of Shanahan, starting from his father and continuing through his spouse and kids.
Mike Shanahan is Kyle Shanahan’s father.
Mike Shanahan, 71, was an NFL head coach for 20 seasons.
