Vikings likely to hire Chris Kuper as offensive line coach

We’ve seen at least a couple of names floated today as coaches that will potentially be joining Kevin O’Connell’s staff when he officially becomes the Minnesota Vikings’ head coach after the Super Bowl, and one of those appears to be the man that will coach the team’s offensive linemen.

Reports have surfaced that the Vikings will be hiring Denver Broncos’ assistant offensive line coach Chris Kuper to be the offensive line coach for the purple.

After a successful college career at the University of North Dakota. . .which I guess gives him at least a little bit of “one of us” cred. . .Kuper was drafted by the Broncos in the fifth round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He spent his entire eight-year NFL…