In total, eight coaches departed:
Mike Pettine - Assistant Head Coach - retired
Michael Hutchings - Assistant DBs Coach - swiped by Cal
Chris Kuper - Offensive Line Coach - contract expired
Marcus Dixon - Defensive Line Coach - contract expired
Daronte Jones - DBs/Pass Game Coordinator - swiped by Washington Commanders
Imarjaye Albury - Assistant DL Coach - swiped by Texas Tech
Tony Sorrentino: Assistant Receivers Coach - swiped by Arizona Cardinals
Brian Angelichio: TEs/Pass Game Coordinator - swiped by Pittsburgh Steelers
Seven new coaches were hired:
Frank Smith - Assistant Head Coach
Gerald Alexander - DB/Pass Game Coordinator
Ryan Nielsen - DL/Run Game Coordinator
Derek Warehime - Assistant Offensive Line
Chili Davis - Assistant Special Teams
Kyle Caskey - Offensive QC
Will Johnson - Defensive Assistant
Apparently, the Vikings will have one fewer coach than they had last season. 27 is still much more than the handful of coaches that got things done for Bud Grant. The league has changed greatly in the last 50 years. One of those changes is the incredible increase in size of coaching staffs across all level of football. A Vikings player roster of 53 players has 27 coaches. That’s a cozy situation of only two players for every coach. Even if you throw in the 16-member practice squad it’s an incredibly small player:coach ratio. Bud Grant spent much of his retirement years wondering what all of the coaches did on the rapidly growing staffs. During my brief and modest playing days, the coaches could comfortably fit in a Fiat while the players filled two school buses.
The remaining coaching changes on Kevin O’Connell’s fifth Vikings coaching staff were a handful of shuffles and promotions. Here’s what we have.
Minnesota Vikings Coaching Staff
Head Coach: Kevin O’Connell
Assistant Head Coach: Frank Smith
Offensive Coordinator: Wes Phillips
Defensive Coordinator: Brian Flores
Special Teams Coordinator: Matt Daniels
Offense:
QBs/Pass Game Coordinator: Josh McCown
Assistant QB/Pass Game Specialist: Jordan Traylor
Assistant Offensive Coordinator: Chris O’Hara
RBs/Run Game Coordinator: Curtis Modkins
Receivers: Keenan McCardell
Assistant Receivers: Derron Montgomery
TEs/Pass Game Coordinator: Ryan Cordell
Offensive Line: Keith Carter
Assistant Offensive Line: Derek Warehime
Offensive Quality Control: Kyle Caskey
Offensive Assistant: Ben Ellefson
Assistant to the Head Coach: Henry Schneider IV
Defense:
DL/Run Game Coordinator: Ryan Nielsen
Assistant Defensive Line: Patrick Hill
Outside LBs: Thad Bogardus
Inside LBs/Senior Defensive Assistant: Mike Siravo
Assistant LBs: Dalmin Gibson
DBs/Pass Game Coordinator: Gerald Alexander
Assistant DBs: Chenzo Funari
Defensive Assistant: Charlie Frye
Defensive Assistant: Will Johnson
Special Teams:
Assistant Special Teams: Chili Davis
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