Vikings hire ex-Eagles OC Pat Shurmur to coach tight ends

But the addition of Shurmur and Sparano should provide a boost for the league’s 29th-ranked offense in the form of two longtime coaches with a breadth of experience who won’t be afraid to speak up. “No. 2 is, when you’re a head coach, you’re never afraid to speak your mind”.

The Vikings have had Pat Shurmur on staff for about a week now, but they’ve been quiet about the position they hired him for, just saying he would be an assistant with the coaching staff. Today, they’ve provided a bit more clarity, announcing that he will be the tight ends coach. If you asked some of the posters on Vikings Journal, there would be many who would be calling for the odd person out to be Norv Turner, even though his son Scott is still on the staff as quarterbacks coach. Norv Turner is the Vikings OC, and he was the head coach for years in San Diego.

Kevin Stefanski, the teams former Tight-Ends Coach will become the teams new running back coach to make way for Shurmur. “The No. 1 thing is, they’re all good coaches”, Zimmer said. Though the Vikings aren’t pigeonholing Shurmur into his title and the tight end room, as Zimmer alluded. I love hearing guys say, ‘Hey, when we were in St. Louis, we did it this way, or when we were in Philly, we did it this way.’ Tony, when he was in Miami, he did it this way. “He’s had some experience with the Philadelphia offense, the West Coast offense”. I think it’s good for guys to be able to move around and expand their knowledge of the game, learn different techniques. According to Lindsey Young, he held the same position in Philadelphia from 1999 to 2001 and coached the tight ends, special teams and offensive line for Michigan State from 1990 to 1997. It will be the third position on the offense Stefanski has coached in his tenure with the Vikings; he started his career in Minnesota as Assistant QBs coach in 2009. That showed, as Shurmur accepted a lesser title in Minnesota before his reported interviews for coordinator-type roles with the L.A. Rams and other teams.