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Vikings usher in a new era as Kevin O'Connell takes the reins as head coach

Six weeks after the Vikings fired General Manager Rick Spielman and head coach Mike Zimmer, the team's new leaders sat on a dais in Eagan as a logo on the streaming video of the news conference declared "Vikings new era."

The Vikings' 40-year-old first-time GM, Kwesi Adofo-Mensah, introduced their 36-year-old first-time head coach Kevin O'Connell on Thursday, four days after O'Connell won the Super Bowl as the Rams' offensive coordinator.

O'Connell and Adofo-Mensah now begin working together as the Vikings make an organizational pivot. After they fired Spielman and Zimmer on Jan. 10, co-owner Mark Wilf said the team was looking for "strong leaders, strong communicators and strong collaborators" in its coaching and GM searches.