The Minnesota Vikings inched closer to filling out their coaching staff. Earlier this offseason, assistant defensive line coach A’Lique Terry departed to coach the offensive line at Oregon. To replace Terry, the Vikings swiped a coach from Deion Sanders’ freshly completed Colorado coaching staff. Patrick Hill is coming to Minnesota to assist with the defensive line. Soon after becoming the head coach of the Denver Broncos, Sean Payton hired Vikings assistant special teams coach Ben Kotwica to coordinate the Broncos special teams. To replace Kotwica, the Vikings again turned to the college ranks. Dalmin Gibson was hired away from Southern Illinois to assist special teams coordinator Matt Daniels. Gibson was the special teams coordinator and defensive ends coach for the Salukis.
The Vikings have yet to announce the additions of Patrick Hill and Dalmin Gibson. I’ve only seen the addition of Hill through Colorado sources. One of those sources was Deion Sanders’ son. More sources have reported the addition of Gibson, including NBC Sports/Pro Football Talk. Perhaps the Vikings are waiting for the completion of the Scouting Combine to announce these coaching additions.
Last season, Sam Siefkes assisted with the Vikings linebackers. If one were to take a look at the Vikings coaching roster on the team website, he still assists with the Vikings linebackers. The Arizona Cardinals claim something different. As of a couple weeks ago, he’s coaching their linebackers. The Cardinals are actively collecting former Vikings coaches. It’s fairly safe to assume that Siefkes’ move to Arizona is accurate and the Vikings website has yet to be updated. That leaves the question: “will the Vikings hire an assistant LB coach?” If so, they have one more coach to hire. If not, the Vikings coaching staff appears complete.
Here’s the Vikings current coaching staff.
2023 Minnesota Vikings Coaching Staff (so far?)
Head Coach: Kevin O’Connell
Assistant Head Coach: Mike Pettine
Offensive Coordinator: Wes Phillips
Defensive Coordinator: Brian Flores
Special Teams Coordinator: Matt Daniels
Offense:
Quarterbacks: Chris O’Hara
Assistant Quarterbacks: Grant Udinski
Run Game Coordinator/Running Backs: Curtis Modkins
Receivers: Keenan McCardell
Assistant Receivers/Quality Control: Tony Sorrentino
Pass Game Coodinator/Tight Ends: Brian Angelichio
Offensive Line: Chris Kuper
Assistant Offensive Line: Justin Rascati
Pass Game Specialist/Game Management Coordinator: Ryan Cordell
Quality Control: Derron Montgomery
Defense:
Defensive Line: Chris Rumph
Assistant Defensive Line: Patrick Hill
Outside Linebackers/Pass Rush Specialist: Mike Smith
Inside Linebackers: Mike Siravo
Assistant Linebackers: ?
Defensive Backs: Daronte Jones
Assistant Defensive Backs: Roy Anderson
Quality Control: Lance Bennett
Quality Control: Steve Donatell
Special Teams:
Assistant Special Teams: Dalmin Gibson
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