When the San Francisco 49ers joined the NFL coaching search a few weeks back, speculated future coach Kyle Shanahan was on their radar, but he was on a lot of radars. All sources pointed to him being most interested in the Denver Broncos job.
The Broncos instead hired Miami Dolphins defensive coordinator Vance Joseph. If hired to the 49ers, Shanahan will be the final head coaching hire in the 2017 NFL coaching search.
So what happened? Shanahan was considered one of the more splashy hires of the 2017 coaching search. A return to Denver, where his father Mike Shanahan won two Super Bowls was forecasted by many.