{"id":34323,"date":"2026-08-09T09:49:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T04:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=34323"},"modified":"2026-08-09T09:49:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T04:49:02","slug":"49ers-coach-kyle-shanahan-plans-to-coach-the-exhibition-opener-following-car-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=34323","title":{"rendered":"49ers coach Kyle Shanahan plans to coach the exhibition opener following car crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/twt-thumbs.washtimes.com\/media\/image\/2026\/08\/08\/49ers_Camp_Football_1835__s619x929.jpg?24919d9b86f72dd40f5ed86ff0c0b2ee8ef69a28\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SANTA CLARA, Calif. \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/san-francisco-49ers\/\">San Francisco 49ers<\/a> coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/kyle-shanahan\/\">Kyle Shanahan<\/a> said Saturday he is nearly fully recovered from the car crash that has limited him this summer and is ready to coach the team\u2019s first exhibition game on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>Shanahan has been working his way back to full speed since the car crash on July 14 that left him with a concussion, broken ribs, a broken nose, a broken hand and more than 40 stitches to close a cut over his eye. In his first news conference of training camp, he said he has just a few remaining symptoms from the concussion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m doing real good,\u201d he said. \u201cMy body feels good. Just got to get this annoying cast off. My ribs feel good, except when I sneeze, and my head feels so much better. Concussions do linger a little bit. The only things I really deal with now is just headaches and fatigue. That\u2019s why I\u2019m not always exactly on the same routine, but pretty damn close.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shanahan has been at practice every day this summer and said that the loud music that bothered him at the beginning of camp is no longer an issue. He has only addressed the full team at meetings a few times and didn\u2019t feel ready to hold a news conference until after practice on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>But he said he has been doing the most important parts of his job and that he will be on the sideline for the exhibition opener against Tennessee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne thing I haven\u2019t missed anything of is film,\u201d he said. \u201cI watch every single play with the coaches after with the players. I have had a few team meetings. Normally I do it every day. But I do lose a little when I do stuff, so I\u2019ve just had to pick and choose a little bit more. But as far as the film and everything, being out there for all the practice periods of going against each other, those are to me the most important things in my job. I\u2019ve been able to do those every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 49ers are entering a crucial part of the summer with a joint practice on Tuesday with the Titans ahead of the exhibition opener. The Niners are scheduled to have another joint practice the following week with the Chargers before their second exhibition game and then wrap up the preseason on Aug. 27 against Las Vegas. The team the leaves the following week for Australia, where the 49ers will open the season on Sept. 11 against the Los Angeles Rams.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Shanahan said he thought he would have been back at full strength sooner but is glad he has taken the extra time. He said being patient was easier because of the confidence he had in acting coach Chris Foerster, along with coordinators Klay Kubiak, Raheem Morris and Brant Boyer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt made it really easy for me not to worry about me having to do something,\u201d he said. \u201cOur guys are awesome. We have a pretty well-oiled machine. We\u2019ve been here for, this is our 10th year. Those guys made it very easy for me to not do anything stupid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shanahan took the blame for the crash into a car driven by a 21-year-old woman in Palo Alto last month, saying it happened when he reached for his phone. Shanahan was the only person who needed to be hospitalized and police didn\u2019t issue him a ticket for the cellphone use.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny time you cause an accident that can be avoided, you\u2019d feel pretty stupid, especially when you have a chance to hurt someone else,\u201d he said. I think you get mad when you get a ticket at yourself. So it was kind of the same.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shanahan said he was driving about 20 mph and his Tesla was in autopilot mode when the crash happened but said he still shouldn\u2019t have taken his eyes off the road when he reached behind his seat for his phone.<\/p>\n<p>                        <a name=\"pagebreak\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve had autopilot for nine years, so I\u2019m pretty comfortable with it,\u201d he said. \u201cWho knows what happened when I turned around, whether it malfunctioned or whether I knocked it off. That\u2019s something that I don\u2019t know yet. But regardless, that is always your fault, whether you\u2019re in autopilot or not. You can\u2019t take your eyes off the road. It\u2019s a partnership driving. You don\u2019t just turn it over to a computer. It\u2019s a good lesson, no matter how comfortable I am with that, that I believe someday could save my life or someone else\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"permission\" style=\"padding-top: 25px;\">\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 The Washington Times, LLC.\n                        <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SANTA CLARA, Calif. \u2014 San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said Saturday he is nearly fully recovered from the car crash that has limited him this summer and is ready to coach the team\u2019s first exhibition game on Thursday night. 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