Six names have surfaced Saturday in the Minnesota Vikings’ hunt for a new head coach.
According to reports from ESPN’s Adam Schefter and NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, the Vikings have requested interviews with:
- Green Bay Packers offensive coordinator Nate Hackett
- Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator Dan Quinn
- Dallas Cowboys offensive coordinator Kellen Moore
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive coordinator Todd Bowles
- San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator DeMeco Ryans
- Philadelphia Eagles defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon.
Previously, CBS Sports’ Jason La Canfora reported that Minnesota is interested in interviewing former Eagles head coach Doug Pederson.
Vikings owner/president Mark Wilf said this week, the day after Mike Zimmer and Rick Spielman were fired, that the search for a new head coach and GM would begin immediately, though he indicated that a general manager would be hired first and then have input on who to hire as the 11th head coach in franchise history.
#Vikings owner/president Mark Wilf said the team will hire a GM first, and those interviews start Sunday with #Titans exec Monti Ossenfort. But under anti-tampering rules, the window closes Sunday to interview coaches with byes such as Hackett, so makes sense to get started now. https://t.co/2M9Yp5zubW
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) January 15, 2022
The Athletic’s Chad Graff reports that the Vikings are expected to interview more than the six aforementioned head coach candidates. And ESPN’s Courtney Cronin reports that the Vikings have “done initial research” on Arizona Cardinals defensive coordinator Vance Joseph and New York Giants defensive coordinator Pat Graham as possible head coach interviews.
Now that they’ve got GM interviews set up, the Vikings’ search committee is putting in requests for head coach candidates including, per @AdamSchefter and @TomPelissero, Todd Bowles, Nathaniel Hackett, Jonathan Gannon, Kellen Moore, DeMeco Ryans, and Dan Quinn. More expected.
— Chad Graff (@ChadGraff) January 15, 2022
