At Kyle Shanahan's end-of-season press conference a few days ago, he proudly announced that he would be promoting Klay Kubiak from passing game specialist to offensive coordinator. Turns out, Shanahan violated NFL rules by making this announcement.

Head coach Kyle Shanahan said at a Wednesday press conference that Kubiak will be the team’s offensive coordinator. Kubiak was the team’s offensive passing game specialist in 2024 and an assistant quarterbacks coach for the two previous seasons.

San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan won’t get in the habit of giving Klay Kubiak offensive play-calling duties, but he will be giving his assistant a promotion. On Wednesday, three days after he allowed Kubiak to serve as the play-caller in a no-stakes 47-24 loss at Arizona in the regular-season finale,