Black Monday 2026 didn't result in any notable changes for the Minnesota Vikings (not yet, at least), but the NFL's annual day of departures did see three former members of the organization be handed their pink slips by their respective teams as Kevin Stefanski, Pete Carroll, and Jonathan Gannon were all fired on Monday.
Stefanski, who was a Vikings assistant coach for more than a decade, was let go by the Cleveland Browns on Monday after spending the last six seasons as their head coach.
Carroll, a former Minnesota defensive backs coach, was fired by the Las Vegas Raiders after only one year as their head coach, and Gannon, who was a Vikings assistant coach during the Mike Zimmer era, was shown the door by the Arizona Cardinals after spending the last three seasons as their head coach.