Former New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick did receive an offer to join the staff of the defending NFC champion and Super Bowl runner-up San Francisco 49ers last spring, 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan confirmed in a recent interview.
On the latest episode of “The TK Show” podcast, Shanahan shared the details of the proposal he threw out to Belichick earlier this year after the latter left New England. Shanahan explained to host Tim Kawakami that he did not really include any conditions to his offer because of how much the San Francisco coach admires the 72-year-old six-time Super Bowl champion.
“I did. I threw it out to him. He loves football so much that you never know. … I threw it all out to him, like whatever he’d want to do,” Shanahan said.
Belichick and the Patriots parted ways in January, ending his 24-year tenure there that included six titles, but only one…