{
  "id": 14843352,
  "title": "49ers Head Coach Makes Locker Room Blunder: ‘He Don’t Even Know You’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/49ers-head-coach-makes-locker-room-blunder-he-dont-even-know-you",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-16T01:50:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Newsweek",
    "slug": "newsweek",
    "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/sports/nfl/49ers-head-coach-makes-locker-room-blunder-he-dont-even-know-you-12576176"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Over the past few weeks, the San Francisco 49ers have provided several amusing moments, offering some relief to fans who are unsure if they are watching a football game or an episode of \"The Pitt.\" Injuries aside, wide receiver Mike Evans' recent trolling of Seattle Seahawks cornerback Travon Diggs has continued to be a topic of discussion. Now, 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan has shared an embarrassing moment from the locker room that left him flustered when he mistakenly confused starting punter Corliss Waitman with another player.\n\nAccording to Shanahan, he apologized to Waitman after mistakenly thinking he was wide receiver Malik Turner, who was recently signed. \"I went up to him to tell him 'welcome back,' and Corliss turned around and stunned me. I'm like 'you're not Malik!' and I just froze and walked away,\" Shanahan recounted. He quickly realized his mistake when he heard Jon Weeks say, \"man, he don't even know who you are.\" Shanahan then clarified the situation by telling Weeks he thought Weeks was starting quarterback Brock Purdy, which evened out the mix-up.",
  "summary": "Rest assured, no one was injured in the making of this locker room blooper.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}