LifelongSooner
1/12/2006, 02:57 PM
Vikes pick Packers coach as offensive coordinator
The Vikings named Darrell Bevell, who was quarterbacks coach of the Packers last season, as offensive coordinator today.
The Vikings named Darrell Bevell, who was quarterbacks coach of the Packers last season, as offensive coordinator today.
Bevell was quarterback at the University of Wisconsin when new Vikings coach Brad Childress was offensive coordinator of the Badgers. Bevell set 19 passing records at Wisconsin, and the Badgers won the 1994 Rose Bowl while he was the starting quarterback.
Bevell coached college football at Westmar (1996), Iowa State (1997) and Connecticut (1998-99). He became offensive assistant/quality control with the Packers under Mike Holmgren in 2000, was promoted to offensive assistant in 2002 and quarterbacks coach in 2003.
Bevell celebrated his 36th birthday last Friday. The Packers were 57-39 in the regular season while Bevell coached there, and the team also won three consecutive NFC North titles.
This will be Bevell's first job as offensive coordinator, although Childress said he intended to call the team's plays.
Childress also hired Darrell Wyatt as wide receivers coach. Wyatt, who played college football and ran track at Kansas State, was receivers coach at the University of Oklahoma last season. He has also coached at Trinity Valley, Sam Houston State, Wyoming, Baylor, Kansas and Oklahoma State. He has served four NFL minority coaching fellowships -- Tampa Bay in 1996, Denver in 1997 and 1998, and Philadelphia in 2005. Wyatt, 39, worked with Childress during last summer's Eagles exhibition season when Childress was offensive coordinator in Philadelphia.
The Vikings named Darrell Bevell, who was quarterbacks coach of the Packers last season, as offensive coordinator today.
The Vikings named Darrell Bevell, who was quarterbacks coach of the Packers last season, as offensive coordinator today.
Bevell was quarterback at the University of Wisconsin when new Vikings coach Brad Childress was offensive coordinator of the Badgers. Bevell set 19 passing records at Wisconsin, and the Badgers won the 1994 Rose Bowl while he was the starting quarterback.
Bevell coached college football at Westmar (1996), Iowa State (1997) and Connecticut (1998-99). He became offensive assistant/quality control with the Packers under Mike Holmgren in 2000, was promoted to offensive assistant in 2002 and quarterbacks coach in 2003.
Bevell celebrated his 36th birthday last Friday. The Packers were 57-39 in the regular season while Bevell coached there, and the team also won three consecutive NFC North titles.
This will be Bevell's first job as offensive coordinator, although Childress said he intended to call the team's plays.
Childress also hired Darrell Wyatt as wide receivers coach. Wyatt, who played college football and ran track at Kansas State, was receivers coach at the University of Oklahoma last season. He has also coached at Trinity Valley, Sam Houston State, Wyoming, Baylor, Kansas and Oklahoma State. He has served four NFL minority coaching fellowships -- Tampa Bay in 1996, Denver in 1997 and 1998, and Philadelphia in 2005. Wyatt, 39, worked with Childress during last summer's Eagles exhibition season when Childress was offensive coordinator in Philadelphia.