49ers power brokers Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch vowed to take a look into why injuries have been so prevalent the past two seasons. They determined finding a new strength coach might help.
After placing 41 players on injured reserve since the start of 2017, San Francisco this week fired head strength and conditioning coach Ray Wright, a team spokesman confirmed to The Bee. NBC Sports Bay Area first reported the news.
“It’s been too big of a deal for two years. Injuries are pretty random, but it’s also affected us huge,” Shanahan said. “So that’s something that we definitely have to sit back and really look at it from all angles and put a lot of time into.