Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell received a ton of credit for winning 14 games and helping Sam Darnold revive his career last season.
The reigning AP NFL Coach of the Year would be the first to admit, though, that the 2024 Vikings had a star-studded group of offensive coaches on the rise.
O’Connell’s brain trust included longtime offensive coordinator Wes Phillips, quarterbacks coach Josh McCown, and assistant offensive coordinator Grant Udinski. That group helped groom and develop a stacked quarterback depth chart that at one point included Darnold, then-rookie J.J. McCarthy, Daniel Jones, and Nick Mullens.