McDaniel credits Shanahans in preparing him to be head coach originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea
INDIANAPOLIS — Mike McDaniel is taking his experience with Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch with him to South Beach.
The newly anointed Miami Dolphins head coach spoke while at the NFL Scouting Combine expressing appreciation for what he learned from the 49ers’ top figureheads. McDaniel and the head coach first worked together in 2006 when they were on the staff of the Houston Texans.
“I’ve used the analogy specifically with Kyle, how do you describe a house without a foundation?” McDaniel said on Tuesday. “Abstractly, it’s kind of hard for me to quantify or qualify exactly how much Kyle has meant to my career because it set my foundation when I was truly learning how to become a coach.”
Outside of a stint coaching in the United Football League as a running backs coach with the Sacramento Mountain Lions, McDaniel has worked with Shanahan in some fashion through five…