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49ers’ Kyle Shanahan honored as top NFC coach — has to go to Kansas City to get the award

It’s a rough way to get authentic barbecue.

On Saturday night, 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan was honored as the NFC Coach of the Year. In Kansas City.

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No joke. And there was no ribbing intended. The Committee of 101, a Kansas City-based group, had scheduled the banquet and announced honorees almost three weeks before Super Bowl LIV in which the 49ers lost to the Kansas City Chiefs. Which likely explains why John Harbaugh was named AFC Coach of the Year instead of the Chiefs’ Andy Reid.

Still, Shanahan had to think a spell before accepting the invitation.