Before Kevin O’Connell and Mike Zimmer, the Minnesota Vikings employed a defensive-minded head coach named Leslie Frazier, who oversaw Adrian Peterson’s 2012 MVP campaign.
Former Vikings Head Coach Has New Gig
That season was Frazier’s magnum opus, as the Vikings barnstormed two-thirds of the season on Peterson’s back to a playoff berth, only to be whisked out of the postseason by the Green Bay Packers.
Frazier returned for one more season in purple, the team floundered, and Zimmer took over the following season.