Vikings running backs coach Kirby Wilson will join the Cleveland Browns as running game coordinator if Minnesota approves the move.
The Browns have contacted the Vikings, saying they want to hire Wilson under new coach Hue Jackson. Because Wilson is under contract and is not taking a job as a head coach, the Vikings would have to allow the move.
"Everything is set if they approve it," John Wooten, chairman of the Fritz Pollard Alliance, which promotes minority hiring in the NFL, said Friday. 'That's the guy Cleveland wants. Kirby would coordinator their running game, and it would put Kirby in a position to move up the line (in coaching).