49ers played green bay packers in last super bowl.
who did 49ers play in last super bowl?
green bay packers
many of bill walsh's assistant coaches went on to be head coaches themselves, including george seifert, mike holmgren, ray rhodes, and dennis green. after walsh's retirement from the 49ers, seifert succeeded him as 49ers head coach, and guided san francisco to victories in super bowl xxiv and super bowl xxix. holmgren won a super bowl with the green bay packers, and made 3 super bowl appearances as a head coach: 2 with the packers, and another with the seattle seahawks. these coaches in turn have their own disciples who have used walsh's west coast system, such as former washington redskins head coach mike shanahan and former houston texans head coach gary kubiak. mike shanahan was an offensive coordinator under george seifert and went on to win super bowl xxxii and super bowl xxxiii during his time as head coach of the denver broncos. kubiak was first a quarterback coach with the 49ers, then offensive coordinator for shanahan with the broncos. in 2015, he became head coach and led denver to victory in super bowl 50. dennis green trained tony dungy, who won a super bowl with the indianapolis colts, and brian billick with his brother-in law and linebackers coach mike smith. billick won a super bowl as head coach of the baltimore ravens. mike holmgren trained many of his assistants to become head coaches, including jon gruden and andy reid. gruden won a super bowl with the tampa bay buccaneers. reid served as head coach of the philadelphia eagles from 1999-2012, and guided the eagles to multiple winning seasons and numerous playoff appearances. in addition to this, marc trestman, former head coach of the chicago bears, served as offensive coordinator under seifert in the 90's. gruden himself would train mike tomlin, who led the pittsburgh steelers to their sixth super bowl championship, and jim harbaugh, whose 49ers would face his brother, john harbaugh, whom reid himself trained, and the baltimore ravens at super bowl xlvii, which marked the ravens' second world championship.
bill walsh (american football coach)
this broadcast was the last for nbc as the afc network after 33 years (cbs has held the afc broadcast rights ever since), their last nfl broadcast overall until 2006, when they signed on to televise "sunday night football", and their last super bowl broadcast until 2009 (super bowl xliii). this was also the last time channel 4 in the uk would show the super bowl – and their last nfl coverage until 2010 – after they had been showing the event since 1983 (super bowl xvii). only sky sports would show it live until five joined them in 2003 (super bowl xxxvii). it also marked the last super bowl until 2007 for ctv in canada after airing the nfl and the event since super bowl xvi; from 1999 to 2006 the super bowl aired on the global television network. ctv had aired nfl football since 1970 and the super bowl since 1982 (super bowl xvi). it was also the final nfl game for gma network in the philippines until the 2006 season; gma had aired nfl football since 1986 and the super bowl since super bowl xxi in 1987. the super bowl would be broadcast on abc 5, also from 1999 until 2006. it was also the final super bowl in which the televisa family of networks aired on its own in mexico, also until 2007, being broadcast on canal 5; televisa had aired nfl football since 1970 and the super bowl since 1988 (at the time, the only other super bowl in san diego). azteca 13 likewise would exclusively air the super bowl from 1999 until 2006, including super bowl xxxvii which would be the next super bowl to be played at qualcomm stadium.
super bowl xxxii