Niners head coach Kyle Shanahan watches players run drills during training camp on Monday in Santa Clara.
Niners head coach Kyle Shanahan watches players run drills during training camp on Monday in Santa Clara.
Kyle Shanahan said he plans to coach from the sideline when the San Francisco 49ers play the Titans in their preseason opener next week. Shanahan addressed the media for the first time since his July 14 car crash on Saturday.
His news conference lasted close to 20 minutes. He noted that many of his symptoms have subsided except for occasional headaches and fatigue.
“My body feels good, just got to get this annoying cast off,” said Shanahan, recovering from a broken hand and nose, broken ribs, a facial laceration that required 40 stitches, and a concussion. “My ribs feel good, except when I sneeze. And my head feels so much better.”
Shanahan has been in attendance at all nine training camp practices in some capacity and has watched the last few sessions from start to finish. The 10th-year head coach explained that despite his concussion, he has not missed a post-practice film session with the coaching staff this camp.
His decision to speak to the media Saturday was impromptu. He joked that offensive coordinator Klay Kubiak, who was scheduled to speak to the media, was ignoring him while he prepped for the media. Shanahan wanted to talk shop about the practice that just finished.
“I know you guys are probably surprised to see me,” Shanahan said to open his news conference. “I was upset with practice, saw Klay getting ready, wanted to talk to him. He was getting ready for this. Told him I’d do it.”
He added that his tolerance of loud noises has improved and would not prevent him in coaching from the sidelines during games moving forward.
“AC/DC hurt a lot more than some smoother Hip-Hop, but I think those days are over,” Shanahan said, referencing the recent AC/DC concert at Levi’s Stadium on Wednesday. “Noise doesn’t bother me like it was.”
Charisse Delgado receives a flu shot from LVN Sheila Aldana at a Kaiser Permanente clinic in Santa Clara on Oct. 3, 2019. The FDA has now approved the first mRNA flu vaccine, giving adults 50 and older a new option for the 2026-27 flu season.