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[[File:Kyle Shanahan (tight crop).jpg|thumb|200px|[[Kyle Shanahan]], the current head coach of the San Francisco 49ers.]]
There have been 19 head coaches in the history of the [[San Francisco 49ers]] professional [[American football|football]] franchise. The San Francisco 49ers franchise was formed in 1946 as a charter member of the [[All-America Football Conference]] (AAFC) before joining the [[National Football League]] (NFL) in 1950 after the AAFC merger with the NFL. [[Buck Shaw]] became the first head coach of the 49ers in 1946, serving for nine seasons—four in the AAFC and five in the NFL.<ref name="BuckShaw">{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/ShawLa.htm|title=Buck Shaw Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks|publisher=Sports-Reference|access-date=May 29, 2008}}</ref> He coached a number of future [[College Football Hall of Fame|College]] and [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]]rs, such as [[Frankie Albert]], [[Joe Perry (American football)|Joe Perry]], [[Leo Nomellini]], [[Y. A. Tittle]], [[Bob St. Clair]] and [[Hugh McElhenny]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.49ers.com/history/images/niners_alltime_starters.pdf |title=49ers Starters: Usual Starting Lineups—1950-06 |publisher=San Francisco 49ers |access-date=June 1, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080625102123/http://www.49ers.com/history/images/niners_alltime_starters.pdf |archive-date=June 25, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 

In terms of tenure, [[Bill Walsh (American football coach)|Bill Walsh]] has coached more games (152) and more complete seasons (10) than any other head coach in 49ers franchise history. He led the 49ers to playoff appearances in seven seasons, three of which led to the [[Super Bowl]] championship, in [[Super Bowl XVI|1981]], [[Super Bowl XIX|1984]] and [[Super Bowl XXIII|1988]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=2954719|title=Bill Walsh dies at 75; led 49ers to three Super Bowl titles|date=July 31, 2007|work=[[ESPN.com]]|access-date=May 29, 2008}}</ref> [[Jerry Rice]], [[Joe Montana]], [[Charles Haley]], [[Ronnie Lott]], [[Johnny Davis (American football)|Johnny Davis]], [[Roger Craig (American football)|Roger Craig]], [[Fred Dean]] and [[Steve Young (American football)|Steve Young]] are among the players Walsh has coached in his career.{{ref label|Note1|a|a}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/30/sports/football/31walsh.html?ex=1343448000&en=1693c7625dabc4c4&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss|title=Bill Walsh, Former 49ers Coach, Dies at 75|last=Goldstein|first=Richard|date=July 30, 2007|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=June 1, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=2954719|title=Bill Walsh dies at 75; led 49ers to three Super Bowl titles|date=July 31, 2007|work=[[ESPN.com]]|access-date=June 1, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/30/BAG57LR8OK21.DTL|title=Former 49er head coach Bill Walsh dies|last=FitzGerald|first=Tom|date=July 30, 2007|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|access-date=June 1, 2008}}</ref>

Four 49ers coaches—[[Dick Nolan (American football)|Dick Nolan]], Bill Walsh, [[George Seifert]], and [[Jim Harbaugh]]—have been named [[National Football League Coach of the Year Award|coach of the year]] by at least one major news organization.<ref name="CoachoftheYear">{{cite web|url=http://www.hickoksports.com/history/nflcoy.shtml |title=NFL Coach of the Year Award |last=Hickok |first=Ralph |date=April 17, 2008 |access-date=May 29, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205094433/http://www.hickoksports.com/history/nflcoy.shtml |archive-date=December 5, 2012 }}</ref> Walsh, [[Jack Christiansen]] and [[Mike Singletary]] are the only 49ers coaches currently in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Walsh was selected for his coaching contributions. Singletary and Christiansen were voted into the Hall of Fame primarily for their defensive play. Four times in 49ers history has there been an "interim" head coach. Three games into the 1963 season, coach [[Red Hickey]] resigned and was replaced by Jack Christiansen. Christiansen coached the 49ers to a 2–9 record in the remainder of the season<ref name="1963SF">{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/sfo/1963.htm|title=1963 San Francisco 49ers Statistics & Players|publisher=Sports-Reference|access-date=May 29, 2008}}</ref> and came back to coach the team for four more years. In 1978, [[Pete McCulley]] was fired after coaching the 49ers to a 1–8 record.<ref name="SI">{{cite news|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/football/nfl/12/11/king.petrino/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213030245/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/football/nfl/12/11/king.petrino/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 13, 2007|title=Petrino leaves Falcons|last=King|first=Peter|date=December 11, 2007|work=[[Sports Illustrated]]|access-date=May 29, 2008}}</ref> He was replaced by [[offensive coordinator]] [[Fred O'Connor]], who was himself fired after leading the 49ers to one win in their final seven games.<ref name="AssociatedPress">{{cite news|url=http://digitalnewspapers.libraries.psu.edu/Default/Skins/BasicArch/Client.asp?Skin=BasicArch&&AppName=2&enter=true&BaseHref=DCG/1979/01/10&EntityId=Ar00805|title=Walsh named 49ers coach|date=January 10, 1979|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|access-date=May 29, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080604032609/http://digitalnewspapers.libraries.psu.edu/Default/Skins/BasicArch/Client.asp?Skin=BasicArch&&AppName=2&enter=true&BaseHref=DCG%2F1979%2F01%2F10&EntityId=Ar00805|archive-date=June 4, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> After a 2–5 start to the 2008 season, [[Mike Nolan]] was fired and replaced by [[Mike Singletary]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/story/11049901 |title=Hall of Fame LB Singletary takes over Niners with intense promise - NFL - CBSSports.com Football |access-date=October 21, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081024120713/http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/story/11049901 |archive-date=October 24, 2008 }}</ref> who finished the season 5–4 and became the official head coach following that season. After a 5–10 start to the 2010 season, Mike Singletary was fired and replaced by [[Jim Tomsula]] for the final 49ers game of the 2010 season.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/12/26/SP961GVSHS.DTL&tsp=1 | work=San Francisco Chronicle | first=David | last=White | title=Mike Singletary fired after 49ers eliminated | date=January 7, 2011}}</ref> [[Stanford Cardinal football|Stanford University]] head coach [[Jim Harbaugh]] succeeded Tomsula as head coach in January 2011,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=5999744|title=Jim Harbaugh to 49ers, evokes 'Genius'|date=January 9, 2011|access-date=January 23, 2012|work=[[ESPN.com]]}}</ref> and led the franchise to the NFC Championship Game, where the 49ers lost in overtime to the [[2011 New York Giants season|New York Giants]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content.usatoday.com/sportsdata/football/nfl/game/Giants_49ers/2012/01/22|title=New York 20, San Francisco 17|date=January 22, 2012|access-date=January 23, 2012|work=[[USA Today]]|publisher=David Hunke; [[Gannett Company]]}}</ref> The following season, the 49ers reached [[Super Bowl XLVII]], where they faced off against the [[Baltimore Ravens]], coached by Jim's older brother [[John Harbaugh]]. The 49ers trailed by as many as 22 points during the game, but ultimately lost 34–31 to the Ravens; the 49ers losing a Super Bowl for the first time.

==Key==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
|-
|'''#'''
|Number of coaches
|-
|'''GC'''
|Games coached
|-
|'''W'''
|Wins
|-
|'''L'''
|Losses
|-
|'''T'''
|Ties
|-
|'''Win%'''
|[[Winning percentage]]
|-
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| {{0}}{{0}}†
|Elected into the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] as a coach
|-
|style="background-color:#E4D00A"|{{0}}{{0}}‡
|Elected into the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] as a player
|-
|style="background-color:#ddffdd"| {{0}}{{0}}*
|Spent entire NFL head coaching career with the 49ers
|}

==Coaches==
:''Note: Statistics updated through Week 14 of the [[2024 NFL season]].''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! rowspan="2" | #
! rowspan="2" | Image
! rowspan="2" scope="col" width="150"| Name
! rowspan="2" | Term
! colspan="5" | Regular season
! colspan="3" | Playoffs
! rowspan="2" width="325"| Awards
! rowspan="2" | Reference
|-
! GC
! W
! L
! T
! Win%{{ref label|Note1|b|b}}
! GC
! W
! L
|-
|1
|[[File:Buck Shaw 1945.jpg|center|50px]]
|[[Buck Shaw]]
|[[1946 San Francisco 49ers season|1946]]–[[1954 San Francisco 49ers season|1954]]
|align="center"|114
|align="center"|71
|align="center"|39
|align="center"|4
|align="center"|{{winpct|71|39|4}}
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|
|align=center|<ref name="BuckShaw"/>
|-
|2
|
|[[Red Strader]]
|[[1955 San Francisco 49ers season|1955]]
|align="center"|12
|align="center"|4
|align="center"|8
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|{{winpct|4|8}}
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|—
|
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/coaches/coachpage.htm?coachid=STRADRED01|title=Red Strader|access-date=May 22, 2008|publisher=databaseSports.com|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210170523/http://www.databasefootball.com/coaches/coachpage.htm?coachid=STRADRED01|archive-date=February 10, 2007}}</ref>
|-
|3
|[[File:Frankie Albert 1942.jpg|60px]]
|style="background-color:#ddffdd"|[[Frankie Albert]]*
|style="background-color:#ddffdd"|[[1956 San Francisco 49ers season|1956]]–[[1958 San Francisco 49ers season|1958]]*
|align="center"|36
|align="center"|19
|align="center"|16
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|{{winpct|19|16|1}}
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|1
|
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/coaches/coachpage.htm?coachid=ALBERFRA01|title=Frankie Albert|access-date=May 22, 2008|publisher=databaseSports.com|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629182019/http://www.databasefootball.com/coaches/coachpage.htm?coachid=ALBERFRA01|archive-date=June 29, 2007}}</ref>
|-
|4
|
|style="background-color:#ddffdd"|[[Red Hickey]]*
|style="background-color:#ddffdd"|[[1959 San Francisco 49ers season|1959]]–[[1963 San Francisco 49ers season|1963]]*{{ref label|Note1|c|c}}
|align="center"|55
|align="center"|27
|align="center"|27
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|{{winpct|27|27|1}}
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|—
|
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/coaches/coachpage.htm?coachid=HICKERED01|title=Red Hickey|access-date=May 22, 2008|publisher=databaseSports.com|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070205094649/http://www.databasefootball.com/coaches/coachpage.htm?coachid=HICKERED01|archive-date=February 5, 2007}}</ref>
|-
|5
|[[File:Christiansen 1952 Bowman.jpg|60px]]
|style="background-color:#E4D00A"|[[Jack Christiansen]] ‡*
|style="background-color:#ddffdd"|[[1963 San Francisco 49ers season|1963]]–[[1967 San Francisco 49ers season|1967]]*{{ref label|Note1|c|c}}
|align="center"|67
|align="center"|26
|align="center"|38
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|{{winpct|26|38|3}}
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|—
|
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=CHRISJAC01|title=Jack Christiansen|access-date=May 22, 2008|publisher=databaseSports.com|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070208135027/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=CHRISJAC01|archive-date=February 8, 2007}}</ref>
|-
|6
|[[File:1958 topps dick nolan.jpg|60px]]
|[[Dick Nolan (American football)|Dick Nolan]]
|[[1968 San Francisco 49ers season|1968]]–[[1975 San Francisco 49ers season|1975]]
|align="center"|112
|align="center"|54
|align="center"|53
|align="center"|5
|align="center"|{{winpct|54|53|5}}
|align="center"|5
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|3
|[[National Football League Coach of the Year Award#AP NFL Coach of the Year|1970 Associated Press NFL Coach of the Year]]<ref name="CoachoftheYear"/>
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.databasefootball.com/coaches/coachpage.htm?coachid=NOLANDIC01|title=Dick Nolan|access-date=May 22, 2008|publisher=databaseSports.com|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071229032625/http://www.databasefootball.com/coaches/coachpage.htm?coachid=NOLANDIC01|archive-date=December 29, 2007}}</ref>
|-
|7
|
|[[Monte Clark]]
|[[1976 San Francisco 49ers season|1976]]
|align="center"|14
|align="center"|8
|align="center"|6
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|{{winpct|8|6}}
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|—
|
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=CLARKMON01|title=Monte Clark|access-date=May 22, 2008|publisher=databaseSports.com|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930030957/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=CLARKMON01|archive-date=September 30, 2007}}</ref>
|-
|8
|
|style="background-color:#ddffdd"|[[Ken Meyer]]*
|style="background-color:#ddffdd"|[[1977 San Francisco 49ers season|1977]]*
|align="center"|14
|align="center"|5
|align="center"|9
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|{{winpct|5|9}}
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|—
|
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/coaches/coachpage.htm?coachid=MEYERKEN01|title=Ken Meyer|access-date=May 22, 2008|publisher=databaseSports.com|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070216131717/http://www.databasefootball.com/coaches/coachpage.htm?coachid=MEYERKEN01|archive-date=February 16, 2007}}</ref>
|-
|9
|
|style="background-color:#ddffdd"|[[Pete McCulley]]*
|style="background-color:#ddffdd"|[[1978 San Francisco 49ers season|1978]]{{ref label|Note1|d|d}}*
|align="center"|9
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|8
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|{{winpct|1|8}}
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|—
|
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/coaches/coachpage.htm?coachid=MCCULPET01|title=Pete McCulley|access-date=May 22, 2008|publisher=databaseSports.com|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211030634/http://www.databasefootball.com/coaches/coachpage.htm?coachid=MCCULPET01|archive-date=February 11, 2007}}</ref>
|-
|10
|
|style="background-color:#ddffdd"|[[Fred O'Connor]]*
|style="background-color:#ddffdd"|[[1978 San Francisco 49ers season|1978]]{{ref label|Note1|d|d}}*
|align="center"|7
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|6
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|{{winpct|1|6}}
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|—
|
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/coaches/coachpage.htm?coachid=OCONNFRE01|title=Fred O'Connor|access-date=May 22, 2008|publisher=databaseSports.com|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211030644/http://www.databasefootball.com/coaches/coachpage.htm?coachid=OCONNFRE01|archive-date=February 11, 2007}}</ref>
|-
|11
|[[File:Coach Bill Walsh.jpg|60px]]
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|[[Bill Walsh (American football coach)|Bill Walsh]] †*
|style="background-color:#ddffdd"|[[1979 San Francisco 49ers season|1979]]–[[1988 San Francisco 49ers season|1988]]*
|align="center"|152
|align="center"|92
|align="center"|59
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|{{winpct|92|59|1}}
|align="center"|14
|align="center"|10
|align="center"|4
|[[National Football League Coach of the Year Award#AP NFL Coach of the Year|1981 Associated Press NFL Coach of the Year]]<br>[[National Football League Coach of the Year Award#Sporting News NFL Coach of the Year|1981 Sporting News NFL Coach of the Year]]<br>[[National Football League Coach of the Year Award#Pro Football Weekly NFL Coach of the Year|1981 Pro Football Weekly NFL Coach of the Year]]<br>[[National Football League Coach of the Year Award#UPI NFL Coach of the Year|1981 UPI NFL Coach of the Year]]<br>[[National Football League Coach of the Year Award#UPI NFL Coach of the Year|1984 UPI NFL Coach of the Year]]<ref name="CoachoftheYear"/>
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/coaches/coachpage.htm?coachid=WALSHBIL01|title=Bill Walsh|access-date=May 22, 2008|publisher=databaseSports.com|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071226071322/http://www.databasefootball.com/coaches/coachpage.htm?coachid=WALSHBIL01|archive-date=December 26, 2007}}</ref>
|-
|12
|
|[[George Seifert]]
|[[1989 San Francisco 49ers season|1989]]–[[1996 San Francisco 49ers season|1996]]
|align="center"|128
|align="center"|98
|align="center"|30
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|{{winpct|98|30}}
|align="center"|15
|align="center"|10
|align="center"|5
|[[National Football League Coach of the Year Award#Pro Football Weekly NFL Coach of the Year|1989 Pro Football Weekly NFL Coach of the Year]]<br>[[National Football League Coach of the Year Award#Sporting News NFL Coach of the Year|1990 Sporting News NFL Coach of the Year]]<br>[[National Football League Coach of the Year Award#Sporting News NFL Coach of the Year|1994 Sporting News NFL Coach of the Year]]<ref name="CoachoftheYear"/>
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/coaches/coachpage.htm?coachid=SEIFEGEO01|title=George Seifert|access-date=May 22, 2008|publisher=databaseSports.com|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071229031906/http://www.databasefootball.com/coaches/coachpage.htm?coachid=SEIFEGEO01|archive-date=December 29, 2007}}</ref>
|-
|13
|[[File:Steve Mariucci 2011 (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|[[Steve Mariucci]]
|[[1997 San Francisco 49ers season|1997]]–[[2002 San Francisco 49ers season|2002]]
|align="center"|96
|align="center"|57
|align="center"|39
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|{{winpct|57|39}}
|align="center"|7
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|4
|
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/coaches/coachpage.htm?coachid=MARIUSTE01|title=Steve Mariucci|access-date=May 22, 2008|publisher=databaseSports.com|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211182928/http://www.databasefootball.com/coaches/coachpage.htm?coachid=MARIUSTE01|archive-date=December 11, 2008}}</ref>
|-
|14
|[[File:Coach Dennis E interview.jpg|60px]]
|[[Dennis Erickson]]
|[[2003 San Francisco 49ers season|2003]]–[[2004 San Francisco 49ers season|2004]]
|align="center"|32
|align="center"|9
|align="center"|23
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|{{winpct|9|23}}
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|—
|
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/coaches/coachpage.htm?coachid=ERICKDEN01|title=Dennis Erickson|access-date=May 22, 2008|publisher=databaseSports.com|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100218222026/http://databasefootball.com/coaches/coachpage.htm?coachid=ERICKDEN01|archive-date=February 18, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|15
|[[File:Mike Nolan in Afghanistan 1 hrs 080624-N-3377N-001 crop.jpg|60px]]
|style="background-color:#ddffdd"|[[Mike Nolan]]*
|style="background-color:#ddffdd"|[[2005 San Francisco 49ers season|2005]]–[[2008 San Francisco 49ers season|2008]]*{{ref label|Note1|e|e}}
|align="center"|55
|align="center"|18
|align="center"|37
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|{{winpct|18|37}}
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|—
|
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/coaches/coachpage.htm?coachid=NOLANDIC01|title=Mike Nolan|access-date=May 22, 2008|publisher=databaseSports.com|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071229032625/http://www.databasefootball.com/coaches/coachpage.htm?coachid=NOLANDIC01|archive-date=December 29, 2007}}</ref>
|-
|16
|[[File:Mike Singletary at 49ers Family Day 2009 2.JPG|60px]]
|style="background-color:#E4D00A"|[[Mike Singletary]] ‡*
|style="background-color:#ddffdd"|[[2008 San Francisco 49ers season|2008]]–[[2010 San Francisco 49ers season|2010]]*{{ref label|Note1|e|e}}{{ref label|Note1|f|f}}
|align="center"|40
|align="center"|18
|align="center"|22
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|{{winpct|18|22}}
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|—
|
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/SingMi0.htm|title=Mike Singletary Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks|access-date=January 3, 2011|work=Pro Football Reference|publisher=Sports Reference LLC}}</ref>
|-
|17
|[[File:Jim Tomsula 9-24-2017.jpg|center|50px]]
|style="background-color:#ddffdd"|Jim Tomsula (Interim)*
|style="background-color:#ddffdd"|[[2010 San Francisco 49ers season|2010]]* {{ref label|Note1|f|f}}
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|{{winpct|1|0}}
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|—
|
|align=center|<ref name="Tomsula">{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/TomsJi0.htm|title=Jim Tomsula Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks|access-date=January 7, 2011|work=Pro Football Reference|publisher=Sports Reference LLC}}</ref>
|-
|18
|[[File:Jim Harbaugh (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|[[Jim Harbaugh]]
|[[2011 San Francisco 49ers season|2011]]–[[2014 San Francisco 49ers season|2014]]
|align="center"| 64
|align="center"| 44
|align="center"| 19
|align="center"| 1
|align="center"| {{winpct|44|19|1}}
|align="center"| 8
|align="center"| 5
|align="center"| 3
|[[National Football League Coach of the Year Award#AP NFL Coach of the Year|2011 Associated Press NFL Coach of the Year]]<br>[[National Football League Coach of the Year Award#Sporting News NFL Coach of the Year|2011 Sporting News NFL Coach of the Year]]<br>
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|title=Jim Harbaugh Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/HarbJi0.htm|access-date=January 23, 2012|work=Pro Football Reference|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118061247/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/HarbJi0.htm|archive-date=January 18, 2012}}</ref>
|-
|–
|[[File:Jim Tomsula 9-24-2017.jpg|center|50px]]
|style="background-color:#ddffdd"|[[Jim Tomsula]]*
|style="background-color:#ddffdd"|[[2015 San Francisco 49ers season|2015]]*
|align="center"| 16
|align="center"| 5
|align="center"| 11
|align="center"| 0
|align="center"| {{winpct|5|11}}
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|
|align=center|<ref name="Tomsula"/>
|-
|19
|[[File:Chip Kelly, Sam Bradford (21766577058) (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|[[Chip Kelly]]
|[[2016 San Francisco 49ers season|2016]]
|align="center"| 16
|align="center"| 2
|align="center"| 14
|align="center"| 0
|align="center"| {{winpct|2|14}}
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/KellCh0.htm|title=Chip Kelly Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks|access-date=February 7, 2017|work=Pro Football Reference|publisher=Sports Reference LLC}}</ref>
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|[[File:Kyle Shanahan (tight crop).jpg|60px]]
|style="background-color:#ddffdd"|[[Kyle Shanahan]]
|style="background-color:#ddffdd"|[[2017 San Francisco 49ers season|2017]]–present*
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|align="center"| 70
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|align="center"| .530
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|align="center"| 8
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|[[List of NFL Coach of the Year awards#Sporting News NFL Coach of the Year|2019 Sporting News NFL Coach of the Year]]
|align="center"|<ref name="Kyle Shanahan">{{cite web |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/ShanKy0.htm |title=Kyle Shanahan Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks |work=Pro Football Reference|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 5, 2021}}</ref>
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==Notes==
* {{note label|Note1|a|a}} [[Joe Montana]], [[Fred Dean]], [[Steve Young (American football)|Steve Young]] and [[Ronnie Lott]] are all Hall of Fame players who were coached by [[Bill Walsh (American football coach)|Bill Walsh]] at some point during their career. [[Charles Haley]], who is now a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, was selected to five [[Pro Bowl]]s in his 14-year career.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HaleCh0.htm|title=Charles Haley Statistics|publisher=Sports-Reference|access-date=June 1, 2008}}</ref> [[Roger Craig (American football)|Roger Craig]], coached by Walsh from 1983 to 1988, was a four-time Pro Bowl selection.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/CraiRo0.htm|title=Roger Craig Statistics|publisher=Sports-Reference|access-date=June 1, 2008}}</ref> Another one of Walsh's players, [[wide receiver]] [[Jerry Rice]], who played from 1985 to 2004, holds NFL records in receptions, receiving yards, touchdown receptions, all-purpose yards and total touchdowns.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nfl.com/history/randf/records/indiv/receiving|title=NFL Records–Individual Records: Receiving|work=[[NFL.com]]|access-date=June 1, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nfl.com/history/randf/records/indiv/touchdowns|title=NFL Records–Individual Records: Touchdowns|work=[[NFL.com]]|access-date=June 1, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nfl.com/history/randf/records/indiv/combined|title=NFL Records–Individual Records: Combined Yardage|work=[[NFL.com]]|access-date=June 1, 2008}}</ref>
* {{note label|Note1|b|b}} The [[winning percentage]] is calculated using the formula:&nbsp;<math>\frac{Wins+\frac{1}{2}Ties}{Games}</math>
* {{note label|Note1|c|c}} On September 30, 1963, three games into the season, coach [[Red Hickey]] resigned and was replaced by [[Jack Christiansen]]. Christiansen coached the 49ers to two wins in the 11 remaining games in the season. He coached the 49ers for another four seasons.<ref name="1963SF"/>
* {{note label|Note1|d|d}} Midway through the 1978 season, head coach [[Pete McCulley]] was fired after leading the 49ers to a 1–8 record.<ref name="SI"/> He was replaced by his [[offensive coordinator]] [[Fred O'Connor]], who was himself fired after coaching the 49ers to a 1–6 record during the remainder of the season.<ref name="AssociatedPress"/>
* {{note label|Note1|e|e}} Midway through the 2008 season, [[Mike Nolan]] was fired after leading the 49ers to a 2–5 record. He was replaced by his assistant head coach of defense, [[Mike Singletary]].
* {{note label|Note1|f|f}} Before the final game of the 2010 season, [[Mike Singletary]] was fired after leading the 49ers to a 5–10 record. He was replaced by his defensive line coach, [[Jim Tomsula]]. Following the season, Tomsula returned to his defensive line coaching position and [[Jim Harbaugh]] was hired as the new head coach.

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