Following a trip to Super Bowl LVIII and the brink of a world championship last season, the San Francisco 49ers have slumped to a 6-10 record and will miss the playoffs entirely in 2024.
Despite the struggles this season, no titanic changes are imminent.
49ers owner Jed York confirmed that San Francisco head coach Kyle Shanahan and general manager John Lynch would both be back for the 2025 season.
That report came from The San Francisco Standard’s Tim Kawakami prior to Monday night’s contest against the Detroit Lions.
“You can write that, for sure. They’re not going anywhere,” York told the Standard.
In his Tuesday conference call with reporters, Shanahan was asked about York confirming he and Lynch’s status with the 49ers for the 2025 NFL season and if it makes him feel more confident in his future with San Francisco.
“Not really. I’ve felt confident. I’ve got a good relationship with Jed. We speak almost every day, so hearing stuff in the media doesn’t really change much for me. It’s more what I have between him and myself,” Shanahan said.
Shanahan said the relationship between he and York has always been open and consistent.
“Yeah, definitely. Jed is very easy to talk to. We’ve known each other here now for eight years. We feel very fortunate for how he is through the good and the bad and the communication never really changes regardless of what’s going on,” Shanahan said.
Shanahan will complete his eighth season at the helm after the 49ers travel to Arizona next Sunday. Including the playoffs, Shanahan owns a 78-65 mark leading San Francisco.
Under Shanahan’s direction, the 49ers have made four conference championship games and a pair of Super Bowl appearances. Prior to this season, the 49ers had won the NFC West in four of the past five seasons.
Given he and Lynch’s track records of success, it makes sense why York wouldn’t want to open that potential revolving door.
Before San Francisco played the Chicago Bears on Dec. 8, Lynch said any discussion of a coaching change was unnecessary.
“I’ve found the whole discussion on Kyle and some of the stuff rather comical,” Lynch told San Francisco radio station KNBR. “We have won four of the last five division championships. We’ve been in two Super Bowls.
“The standard here is to win championships, and we’ve fallen short of that, but we have an excellent head coach. And the fact people are talking about stuff like that, I do find it comical.”
Shanahan and Lynch each inked multi-year contract extensions in September of 2023.
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