SANTA CLARA — Chip Kelly, fresh off ending a franchise-record 13-game losing streak, is not talking about his possible encore as 49ers coach next season.

That was the case in Monday’s press conference, as well as any discussions up to this point with the York-family ownership.
“I’m concerned with Seattle,” Kelly said of Sunday’s season finale against the Seahawks at Levi’s Stadium. “(Next year’s status) shouldn’t be discussed during the season, so we’ll discuss it after the season.”

Kelly talks regularly with 49ers co-owner John York and his son, CEO Jed York, but Kelly noted they haven’t yet broached 2017. Kelly added that the Yorks routinely have been in the locker room after games, including Saturday’s last-minute, 22-21 comeback win over the host Los Angeles Rams.

Did that overdue win earn Kelly a second season? According to team sources, no decisions have been made yet on Kelly or general manager Trent Baalke, who is in his seventh season as their personnel czar. If a new GM is hired, it’s fair to reason that Kelly’s fate could be up to Baalke’s replacement.

History is — and is not — on Kelly’s side whether he will return for a second season as the 49ers coach, something his predecessor, Jim Tomsula, did not do.

Only one franchise has fired back-to-back coaches after one-season terms in the NFL’s modern era since 1970. That franchise is the 49ers.

It happened in the late 1970s when they moved on from Monte Clark (1976) and Ken Meyer (1977). The coaching changes didn’t stop there as Pete McCulley and then Fred O’Connor gave it a go in 1978 before Bill Walsh’s heroic arrival in 1979, albeit a 2-14 start for Walsh.

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