On Friday afternoon, the San Francisco 49ers shared a pretty major announcement about team’s future, announcing contract extensions for both head coach Kyle Shanahan and general manager John Lynch.
As the Niners pointed out in their announcement, the duo has been quite successful since joining the 49ers five years ago.
“The duo joined the 49ers in February of 2017 and have since led the organization to the postseason three times, claimed two NFC West division titles (2019 & 2022), reached three NFC Championship games (2019 & 2021-22) and a trip to Super Bowl LIV. Under their leadership, the 49ers have posted a regular season record of 55-46 over the past seven seasons and gone 6-3 in the playoffs. Since 2019, San Francisco’s 45 wins are tied for the fourth-most in the NFL and are the second-most in the NFC,” the 49ers said in a release on Friday.
It’s a pretty major announcement for the team, and the NFL world had plenty to say about it on social media as a result.
Massive news out of Santa Clara. All that's left for these gentlemen is a Lombardi. https://t.co/pHF7dXA8OE
— Bonta Hill (@BontaHill) September 22, 2023
Settle in folks. This is your regime for a long time. https://t.co/BZyI0hGuEA
— Jason Aponte (@JasonAponte2103) September 22, 2023
The main takeaway here is that Kyle looks like he's aged 23 years since 2017 https://t.co/PSGwLT9U4J
— KP (@KP_Show) September 22, 2023
Well deserved. Great news for the future of this franchise. https://t.co/H0swgQoMcw
— Sean Jordan (@BaySean) September 22, 2023
Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch are here to stay for the long term. https://t.co/pjZGunsjh4
— Nicholas McGee (@nicholasmcgee24) September 22, 2023
kyle’s seat has been ice cold for the longest time, let’s go get a ring now https://t.co/qrj99eL9OW
— jake (@jshoultz19) September 22, 2023
Under the leadership of Lynch and Shanahan, the Niners have emerged as one of the most dominant teams in the NFC over the past several years and appear to have a strong future ahead of the team, especially under new quarterback Brock Purdy.
