Mike Zimmer laughed when told there are times he doesn’t appear to be the happiest guy in the world.
“Do I still enjoy it?” asked the 62-year-old, sitting in his TCO Performance Center office during another long day of grinding toward Year 40 as a football coach, Year 25 in the NFL and Year 5 as Vikings head coach.
By this time in Bud Grant’s life, the fellow outdoorsman was four years into his second and final retirement as a coach. So, yeah, Zim, do you still enjoy it?
“I enjoy being around the players; I enjoy coaching and teaching and getting into the meeting room,” he said.