The 36-year-old shed his interim tag and now faces the task of improving the non-playoff team.
Kevin Stefanski took over as the Vikings offensive coordinator by vowing to "pull everything apart" in planning for a team that failed to make the NFL playoffs in 2018.
"What it ends like," he said, "remains to be seen. We're not going to change for the sake of change, we're going to change for the better."
Stefanski held a news conference at TCO Performance Center on Friday where he downplayed his interview for head coach of the Cleveland Browns this week.