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Mike Tice to retire from coaching because “players don’t want to be coached”

While one former Minnesota Vikings’ head coach recently announced his retirement. . .and then promptly took it back a week later. . .another man that once patrolled the sidelines at the Metrodome appears to be ready to hang up his headset as well.

Mike Tice, who coached the Vikings from 2002 to 2005 (along with one game at the end of the 2001 season) has announced that he is retiring from coaching. He says he’s ready to move on from the coaching ranks because “players today don’t want to be coached,” according to a conversation he had with KFAN radio host Dan Barriero.