Kyle Shanahan said on 'The TK Show' podcast that he offered the former New England Patriots coach a spot on his 49ers staff but was turned down.
Louis Riddick and Tim Hasselbeck explain why San Francisco holds all the power over Brandon Aiyuk despite his recent trade request. "I did, I threw it out to him," Shanahan said."He loves football so much that you never know what he ... I can't believe that he's not a head coach of a team right now. I know what I would do if I was an owner, so that shocks me, and the last thing you want to do is insult someone like Bill Belichick.
That included the team's defensive coordinator position, Shanahan said, a job that ultimately was filled when the 49ers promoted Nick Sorensen to the role."I was like, 'Would you be interested?' And he was very nice and appreciative, but he politely turned me down."' offensive coordinator, and Belichick famously faced off in Super Bowl LI, which the Patriots won in overtime 34-28 after rallying from a 28-3 deficit.
Belichick and the Patriots parted ways after the season, ending a 24-year stay with the franchise during which he led New England to six Super Bowl titles. His 296 wins with the Patriots are the second-most with one franchise in NFL history, trailing only George Halas (324 with theBelichick, 72, interviewed with the Falcons for their head-coaching vacancy, but that job went to Raheem Morris.
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