Sean McVay and Kyle Shanahan are old buddies who both became first-time head coaches in the NFC West in 2017. It makes it relatively easy to compare the two coaches, both of whom have spawned considerable coaching trees, made it to the Super Bowl twice, and faced off 15 times against one another.
The biggest trump card that McVay has in the rivalry is his Super Bowl championship in 2021. Now Shanahan is one win away from tying that mark. Would it make his career as good or better than McVay’s if the 49ers beat the Chiefs on Sunday?