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By Matt Audilet
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San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan was involved in a car crash on July 14, the team announced in a public release on Saturday.
Shanahan suffered a severe concussion, a broken nose, three broken ribs, a broken hand and required 40 stitches on his face, according to a report from ESPN. Assistant head coach Chris Foerster will stand in for Shanahan as he participates in training camp activities “on a limited basis.”
Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay, a close personal friend and former co-worker of Shanahan's, reacted to the news with a heartfelt message.
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“Most importantly, thank God he and the other person involved is okay,” McVay said Saturday. “Perspective is everything. We talk about that all the time as coaches and everybody goes through different things. I think the most important thing is that he's on the road to recovery, his wife Mandy, and he's got a beautiful family, and I think any time that something like that happens, it shakes you up a little bit.
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"But most importantly, I have talked to him. My thoughts and prayers are with him and his family, and I know he's got an incredible perspective on it all. Kyle's a stud. I have as much respect for him as anybody and he's a friend of mine, and I love him and hope that he's going to have a great recovery.”
The 49ers and Rams will open up their 2026 regular-season schedules with a Week 1 matchup against each other on Sept. 10.
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