The San Francisco 49ers have done a great job building a coaching staff of qualified individuals from a diverse background of the years and other teams for some reason, have an issue with that.
In a recent piece from ESPN’s Seth Wickersham on 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan, it was revealed that owners around the NFL have been bothered by the draft compensation the team has received for minorities on their staff getting head coaching and general manager jobs around the NFL.
Per Seth Wickersham:
Shanahan is 44 years old now, with salt in his beard. By now, he’s a fixed asset. We know that he can draw up a jazzy offense, regardless of personnel. We know he can hire well and diverse; in fact, owners have complained to the league office about the sheer number of compensatory picks the 49ers have received for serving as a pipeline for coaches and executives of color.
The 49ers are in line to be near the top of the league in compensatory picks again as they’re slated to received a third-round pick, a fifth-round pick and a pair of sixth-round picks in the 2024 NFL Draft.
