Broncos Said to Want Shanahan

The Denver Broncos have offered the team’s coaching job to San Francisco 49er offensive coordinator and former Raider coach Mike Shanahan, two newspapers reported Sunday.

But the Boston Globe, quoting “informed sources,” reported Shanahan might not take it. The Rocky Mountain News said he was offered the job, but that contract talks were still going on.

Bronco owner Pat Bowlen offered Shanahan a multiyear contract that would pay him an about $350,000 to $400,000 a year, the News reported. Former Bronco coach Dan Reeves earned $950,000 in base salary last season.

The 49ers have offered to give Shanahan, who earned about $200,000 last year, a three-year contract extension, similar to the three-year, $1.2-million offer they used to keep then-offensive coordinator Mike Holmgren from going to the Phoenix Cardinals four years ago.