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History. Following the Minnesota Vikings' admission to the National Football League, there were ultimately two candidates for the position of head coach: Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Norm Van Brocklin and Winnipeg Blue Bombers head coach Bud Grant. Van Brocklin was favored by three of the Vikings' five board members, and after discussions ...
Coaching stats at PFR. Kevin William O'Connell (born May 25, 1985), nicknamed " KOC ", [1] is an American professional football coach and former player who is the head coach of the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). O'Connell played quarterback for the San Diego State Aztecs, and was selected by the New England Patriots in ...
Bud Grant. Harry Peter " Bud " Grant Jr. (May 20, 1927 – March 11, 2023) was an American professional football player and coach in the National Football League (NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL). Grant was head coach of the NFL's Minnesota Vikings for 18 seasons; he was the team's second (1967–83) and fourth (1985) head coach, leading ...
When the Vikings were looking for their second head coach in team history, they hired Grant. Grant coached the Vikings from 1967-83, then came back for a final season as Minnesota’s coach in ...
Zimmer earned his first win as the Vikings' head coach on September 7, 2014, against the St. Louis Rams, with a score of 34–6. He ended his first year with a 7–9 record, an improvement over the team's 2013 record of 5–10–1, and the best record for a first-year head coach in the Minnesota Vikings franchise since Dennis Green in 1992.
Steckel, who came to the Vikings in 1979 after working as an assistant with the 49ers, was the youngest head coach in the NFL in 1984 at age 38. [1] However, the Vikings lost a franchise-worst 13 games. [22] After the season Steckel was fired, and on December 18, 1984, Bud Grant came out of retirement and was rehired as the head coach of the ...
He was posthumously inducted into the Minnesota Vikings Ring of Honor in 2018. Green was the second African American head coach in modern NFL history, after Art Shell. He was the Minnesota Vikings head coach from 1992 to 2001. He was one of the winningest coaches of the 1990s, posting a 97–62 record as Vikings head coach.
Coaching stats at PFR. Pro Football Hall of Fame. Anthony Kevin Dungy (/ ˈdʌndʒi / DUN-jee; born October 6, 1955) is an American former professional football safety and coach who served as a head coach in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Indianapolis Colts. His teams became perennial ...