49ers’ Fred Warner, Kyle Shanahan to feature on NBC’s Super Bowl pregame show
The 49ers won’t be playing in Super Bowl 60 on Sunday at Levi’s Stadium, but they’ll be represented in TV coverage of the game.
Coach Kyle Shanahan and linebacker Fred Warner will appear on NBC’s pregame show, the network announced Wednesday.
They’ll be joined on the pregame show, which begins at 10 a.m., five and a half hours before kickoff, by former rival defensive tackle, Aaron Donald, who retired in 2024 from the Los Angeles Rams, and Pittsburgh Steelers defensive tackle Cam Heyward.
The show will be anchored by Maria Taylor and include NBC football mainstays Tony Dungy, Jason Garrett, Rodney Harrison and Devin McCourty as well as Chris Simms, a former college teammate of Shanahan’s. Multiple segments of the show will air from Alcatraz Island, NBC announced this week.
Warner appeared on television as a football analyst before, joining ESPN’s coverage of the playoffs last season when the 49ers failed to qualify for the postseason.
The All-Pro captain of the 49ers defense suffered a gruesome ankle injury in an October loss at Tampa Bay and was nearing a return to the field when the 49ers were eliminated by the Seattle Seahawks in a divisional round blowout last month.
Those Seahawks will face the New England Patriots, Harrison’s former team, in Super Bowl 60 at the 49ers’ home stadium on Sunday afternoon.