A year after falling three points short of a championship in Super Bowl LVIII, the San Francisco 49ers will not return to the playoffs and will own a losing record.
But the change won’t happen at the technical staff level or at the executive level – at least not at the top of the food chain.
Speaking with the San Francisco standard49ers owner Jed York says both head coach Kyle Shanahan and general manager John Lynch will return to the team for the 2025 season.
“You can definitely write that,” York told the Standard before the Niners’ game against the Detroit Lions on Monday Night Football. “They’re not going anywhere.”
That answer came after Standard asked about rumors indicating that other teams could organize a possible exchange for Shanahan.
While York admitted to the outlet that the team wasn’t happy with their current situation, the owner doesn’t believe cleaning house would help the team’s future.
Both Kyle Shanahan (L) and John Lynch (R) will remain with the San Francisco 49ers in 2025
Niners CEO Jed York isn’t happy with the season, but doesn’t want to clean up just yet
Shanahan shot down any idea of a trade earlier in December when he said, “I don’t want to be anywhere in the world more than here.”
Lynch expressed similar wishes for Shanahan to stay on Dec. 8: “I found the whole discussion about Kyle and some of that stuff quite comical,” Lynch told San Francisco radio station KNBR. “We’ve won four of the last five division championships. We’ve been in two Super Bowls.
“The standard here is to win championships, and we haven’t been able to do that, but we have an excellent head coach. And I find it funny that people talk about such things.’
After entering the season with hopes of returning to the mountaintop of the NFL world, the 49ers fell woefully short of expectations. They currently have a 6-10 record after losing seven of their last eight games, including on Monday night.
A large part of that is due to injuries. At the time of publication, 21 49ers players are listed on the team’s injury report.
That includes key starters on injured reserve – including pass rusher Javon Hargrave, guard Jon Feliciano, running back Christian McCaffrey, guard Ben Barch and offensive tackle Trent Williams.
Entering the final week of the season, both quarterback Brock Purdy and cornerback Charvarius Ward are listed as questionable, while linebacker Dre Greenlaw has been ruled out.
The Niners close out their season against the Arizona Cardinals
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