Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell celebrates contract extension with the first of many awards
It's been a really good start to the offseason for Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell. Well, other than losing 27-9 to the Los Angeles Rams that is. On Tuesday, the Vikings announced a contract extension with O'Connell that will keep him in Purple and Gold for the foreseeable future. It was one of the […]
It's been a really good start to the offseason for Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell. Well, other than losing 27-9 to the Los Angeles Rams that is.
On Tuesday, the Vikings announced a contract extension with O'Connell that will keep him in Purple and Gold for the foreseeable future. It was one of the first things that the Vikings needed to accomplish going into the offseason and they got it done over the weekend
Kevin O'Connell wins first Coach of the Year award
The 101 awards were founded by Lamar Hunt in 1969 with 101 different sportswriters and broadcasters. They voted for the best in each conference with players of the year on offense and defense, along with coach of the year.
O'Connell was named Coach of the Year by the 101 awards. Their press release had a lot of great things to say about the Vikings head coach
In his third campaign as head coach in Minnesota, O’Connell guided his team to a 14-3 record, marking the second-best win total in franchise history and his second season with 13 or more wins in his three years as head coach. His squad registered a nine-game winning streak from weeks nine through 17, tying for the fifth-longest win streak in franchise history. Widely known as one of the top offensive minds in the game, O’Connell became the first head coach since at least 1950 to win 14 or more games in a season with a quarterback who is in his first year with a team, helping lead QB Sam Darnold to a career season with more than 4,300 passing yards, 35 passing touchdowns and a 102.5 passer rating. This marks O’Connell’s first 101 Coach of the Year Award.
This is likely the first of many coach of the year awards that O'Connell is likely to win after leading the Vikings to a 14-3 record.
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