Schefter: 49ers extend head coach Kyle Shanahan to 2025

Kyle Shanahan wasn't able to guide the San Francisco 49ers past the Kansas City Chiefs at Super Bowl LIV, but the club nevertheless believes he's the man who will bring the franchise its next championship.

On Monday afternoon, ESPN's Adam Schefter reported that the Niners replaced Shanahan's contract that had three seasons remaining with a deal that is set to keep him with the franchise through 2025.

Schefter added that Shanahan becomes one of the league's five-highest head coaches.

Shanahan signed his first six-year contract with the 49ers in February 2017 after he served as offensive coordinator for the Atlanta Falcons team that squandered a 28-3 lead over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LI.

Shanahan was criticized for his play-calling in the fourth quarter of that contest, and he failed to lead San Francisco to winning seasons his first two years with the team. With quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo recovered from the torn ACL he suffered in September 2018, though, the 49ers started 2019 with an 8-0 record and finished atop the NFC West standings at 13-3.

San Francisco defeated the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship before falling to the Chiefs in the Super Bowl.