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San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan suffered a concussion and different injuries successful a car clang earlier this period that will limit his information astatine nan commencement of training camp, nan squad announced Saturday, erstwhile campy opened.
The two-car mishap happened connected 14 Jily successful Palo Alto, starring to Shanahan being taken to nan hospital. The different driver was not hospitalized. Palo Alto constabulary lieutenant Nicholas Martinez said location was nary grounds that either driver was impaired and that some cooperated pinch police. No 1 was cited successful nan collision.
Niners wide head John Lynch said Shanahan sustained a concussion, on pinch a surgery nose, surgery ribs and an injured hand.
“Kyle is doing good,” Lynch said Saturday. “He’s sewage immoderate bumps and bruises. He did suffer a concussion successful nan accident, has immoderate lingering effects from that concussion.”
Lynch said Shanahan is going done nan aforesaid type of protocol that players acquisition aft a concussion and that doctors would find erstwhile he will beryllium capable to beryllium backmost astatine afloat speed.
Lynch said Shanahan mightiness beryllium connected nan believe section erstwhile drills commencement connected Sunday but won’t tally believe aliases squad meetings until he is recovered.
“He’s a tremendous caput coach, but this is bigger than that,” Lynch said. “This is astir his well-being. We’re going to return nan clip necessary. And I deliberation we’re very equipped to do that.”
The Niners will behaviour their first believe connected Sunday pinch adjunct caput coach/offensive statement coach Chris Foerster moving nan team, on pinch coordinators Klay Kubiak, Raheem Morris and Brant Boyer.
Foerster has been connected nan 49ers’ unit since 2019 and besides worked nether Shanahan successful Washington arsenic an violative statement coach erstwhile Shanahan was violative coordinator.
Lynch didn’t springiness a timeline for Shanahan’s return but did opportunity nan squad anticipates he will beryllium backmost good earlier nan play opener connected 11 September successful Australia against nan Los Angeles Rams.
Rams coach Sean McVay, who worked connected nan aforesaid unit arsenic Shanahan successful Washington from 2010-13, said he has talked to Shanahan since nan clang and was thankful everyone progressive was OK.
“I deliberation immoderate clip that thing for illustration that happens, it shakes you up a small bit,” McVay said. “But astir importantly, I’ve talked to him, my thoughts and prayers are pinch his family, and I cognize he’s sewage an unthinkable position connected it all. Kyle is simply a stud. I person arsenic overmuch respect for him arsenic anybody, and he’s a friend of excavation and I emotion him, and I’m hoping that he’s going to person a awesome recovery.”
Shanahan is entering his 10th play arsenic 49ers coach and is 1 of nan astir highly regarded coaches successful nan crippled for his violative acumen. San Francisco has made 2 trips to nan Super Bowl nether his watch pursuing nan 2019 and 2023 seasons and made 2 further appearances successful nan NFC title crippled successful nan 2021 and ‘22 seasons.
Shanahan has a 91-72 grounds successful nan regular play and playoffs for nan 49ers, ranking 3rd successful franchise history successful wins down George Seifert (108) and Bill Walsh (102).
The squad overcame important injuries past play to decorativeness 12-5 successful nan regular play and triumph a playoff crippled arsenic Shanahan vanished 5th successful voting for nan AP NFL Coach of nan Year.
