Shanahan is in hallowed firm in that regard, becoming a member of the Buffalo Payments’ Marv Levy, the Minnesota Vikings’ Bud Grant, Ted Marchibroda as an offensive coordinator with Washington and Buffalo, and longtime Vikings defensive coordinator Jerry Burns. Levy and Grant are Corridor of Famers, whereas Marchibroda and Burns are extremely regarded, however nonetheless they every fell wanting Lombardi glory.
For Shanahan, it is a previous rife with big-game heartbreak that, as aforementioned, would not bode properly for the long run.
In every of Shanahan’s Tremendous Bowl defeats — Tremendous Bowl LI as an offensive coordinator with the Atlanta Falcons towards the Patriots, and Tremendous Bowls LIV and LVIII because the 49ers head coach towards the Chiefs — his groups held 10-point leads previous to shedding. In every shedding endeavor, which incorporates the one two time beyond regulation video games in Tremendous Bowl chronicle, Shanahan’s offenses have struggled when it counted most, as evidenced by a mixed 9 offensive factors within the fourth quarter.
For his profession as a head coach, Shanahan is 8-4 within the playoffs, equating to a .667 profitable proportion that stands as the very best in league historical past with out profitable an NFL Championship or Tremendous Bowl, per NFL Analysis.
Since 2010, the 49ers have superior to seven convention title video games, probably the most within the NFC. Nonetheless, they’re 3-4 in these seven video games with zero Tremendous Bowl victories to indicate for it. In that very same timeframe, the Patriots and Chiefs are the one different groups to make six or extra journeys to the championship spherical, with every franchise claiming three Tremendous Bowl crowns in that span.
Rising because the NFL’s crew of the Nineteen Eighties, the 49ers gained 4 Tremendous Bowls within the decade and triumphed as soon as extra to go 5-0 throughout their first 5 Tremendous Bowl appearances. Nonetheless, the franchise has misplaced its final three Tremendous Bowls.
As soon as once more, the 49ers are Tremendous Bowl contenders forward of the 2024 season, locked and loaded with Professional Bowl expertise on both sides of the ball.
Will this be the season through which San Francisco returns to the highest of the NFL mountain and Shanahan lastly will get over the hump? Or has historical past already supplied a glimpse into an unlucky street forward.