Vikings promote Andre Patterson to assistant head coach

Andre PattersonThe Vikings announced what are expected to be the final moves for their 2021 coaching staff on Wednesday afternoon, promoting co-defensive coordinator Andre Patterson to assistant head coach and adding two more assistants.

Patterson's promotion, which follows his move from defensive line coach to co-defensive coordinator last year, is the latest upgrade for the 60-year-old, who worked with Dennis Green in Minnesota from 1998-99 and has been a close confidant of coach Mike Zimmer's during their seven seasons together with the Vikings.

They have known one another since their time at Weber State in the late 1980s. Patterson convinced Zimmer to put his own health first and take a…