After taking his team from 7-9 last season to 11-5 in 2015, Vikings Head Coach Mike Zimmer earned Division Coach of the Year honors from ESPN’s crew of NFC North Writers. The decision was unanimous.
ESPN staff writer Jeff Dickinson wrote the following:
Zimmer won in a clean sweep, garnering all four first-place votes and doubling the points total of runner-up Mike McCarthy of the Packers. Bears coach John Fox, who finished 6-10 as his former teams (Carolina and Denver) play in Super Bowl 50, finished in third place, two points ahead of his former assistant and current Lions offensive coordinator Jim Bob Cooter.