The Minnesota Vikings’ Coaching Staff: A Defensive and Special Teams Profile

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Published: May 20, 2009

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... defense and special teams. Part One, which covers head coach Brad Childress and the offense, can be found here.


Prior to the Brad Childress era, the Vikings had a reputation for cycling through defensive coordinators because they couldn’t find one that could field a respectable unit with any consistency.

Over the past three years, Minnesota has faced a more encouraging problem: The team’s stout defense keeps producing candidates for head coaching positions.

Childress’ offensive roots forced him to look outside his own circles to fill out his defensive staff.  Given the considerable success his defensive hires have enjoyed to date, he might want to consider a similar tact when screening candidates for the offense as well.

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