The 38-year-old American football coach and former player who is the head coach for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL) Kevin William O’Connell was born on May 25, 1985.
O’Connell stands at a height of 6 feet and 5 inches and played quarterback at San Diego State University, and was selected by the New England Patriots in the third round of the 2008 NFL Draft.
O’Connell also played for the Detroit Lions, Miami Dolphins, New York Jets, and San Diego Chargers before retiring in 2012.
O’Connell’s NFL coaching career began in 2015; he held various assistant coaching roles on the Cleveland Browns, San Francisco 49ers, Washington Redskins, and Los Angeles Rams where he won Super Bowl LVI, as offensive coordinator, in the 2021–2022 season.
Kevin O’Connell’s teams coached (2023 updated)
According to findings, it was revealed that two more assistant coach hires for Kevin O’Connell’s 2023 Vikings coaching staff have been reported.
The two assistant coach hires are Michael Hutchings who is joining the team as an assistant linebackers coach and Dalmin Gibson who has been hired as assistant special teams coach. Both moves were first reported by Matt Zenitz of On3 Sports.
Michael Hutchings was with Western Kentucky as their outside linebackers coach, following stints as a defensive analyst at Oregon and USC. He played linebacker at USC from 2013-16.
Hutchings replaces Sam Siefkes as Minnesota’s assistant linebackers coach; was hired as the Cardinals’ linebackers coach under former Vikings assistants Jonathan Gannon and Nick Rallis.
Hutchings will work closely with defensive coordinator Brian Flores, outside linebackers coach Mike Smith and new inside linebackers coach Mike Siravo. The Vikings’ linebacker group is in flux, with Eric Kendricks being released and Brian Asamoah presumably stepping into a starting role. Jordan Hicks’ future is also uncertain.
Dalmin Gibson was the special team coordinator and defensive ends coach for Southern Illinois last year after two years as a special teams analyst at Michigan State. Before that, he was a graduate assistant at Colorado.
Gibson replaces Ben Kotwica, who was hired as the Broncos special teams coordinator and will be the No. 2 behind Vikings second-year STC Matt Daniels. Minnesota’s special teams were highly impactful in the team’s 13-win season last year.
Source: nflfaqs.com
