Katie Sowers is confident she can be an NFL head coach

Katie Sowers dreamed of coaching in the NFL, but the dream didn’t stop at the assistant level. Sowers, in her fourth NFL season and second as an offensive assistant for the 49ers, said she “absolutely” could be an NFL head coach. “Wherever I can impact the game, I will continue to work and to be [more]

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Kyle Shanahan wanted to change hats, wife said no

Kyle Shanahan isn’t afraid to go against the grain — whether it’s with league-issued gear, or a hat that must be lucky because it defies any other explanation. The 49ers coach decided to wear his own black hoodie Monday night for interviews, rather than the white outfits the league was passing out to both teams. [more]

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Tevin Coleman’s shoulder feeling better, hopeful for Sunday

The 49ers don’t have too many injury issues to monitor heading into the Super Bowl, which should leave plenty of eyes on running back Tevin Coleman over the next few days. Coleman dislocated his shoulder early in the NFC Championship Game and head coach Kyle Shanahan said last week that the team is hopeful he [more]

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Travis Kelce, George Kittle have a lot of appreciation for one another

The 49ers and Chiefs both have highly productive tight ends playing big roles in their offenses and the two players put any feelings about winning Sunday’s Super Bowl on hold when it came time to talk about one another on Monday night. 49ers tight end George Kittle and Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce formed a [more]

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Tom Brady texts Jimmy Garoppolo congratulations and best of luck

Jimmy Garoppolo heard from a lot of people after the 49ers won the NFC Championship Game. One of them was his mentor, Tom Brady. “Yeah, he shot me a text congratulating us on the NFC Championship and wished me luck here,” Garoppolo said Monday, “so it was pretty cool.” In his first 3 1/2 seasons, [more]

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49ers clearly relish their ability to control games with the run

When it was happening, Kyle Juszczyk didn’t realize it. But on looking back at the 49ers dominance on the ground in the NFC Championship Game, he can’t help but enjoy it a little more. The 49ers fullback admittedly loves the way they ran against the Packers, and were able to advance to the Super Bowl [more]

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DeForest Buckner on Patrick Mahomes: Have to be smart, but I’m getting him down

Stopping Patrick Mahomes is job No. 1 for the 49ers defense in Super Bowl LIV and the ways they hope to do that were among the talking points for members of that defense at Super Bowl LIV Opening Night in Miami. Linebacker Fred Warner called defending Mahomes an “extreme challenge” because of both his arm [more]

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