Vikings Hire Mike Singletary As Linebacker Coach, Assistant Head Coach

Mike Singletary told ESPN 1000 on Tuesday that he is joining the Minnesota Vikings staff, where he will be reunited with former Chicago Bears teammate Leslie Frazier. "I will be in Minnesota with Les," Singletary told "The Waddle & Silvy Show." "I will be a linebackers coach/assistant head coach." Singletary was fired as the San Francisco 49ers head coach with one game left in the season. Singletary and Frazier were teammates on the Bears' 1985 Super Bowl championship team. Frazier became the Vikings head coach when Brad Childress was fired in November.

Source: ESPN

 

Who said "Iron Man" Mike wouldn't get another head coaching job? lol

 

Can't wait to see what he does with the backers. Vikings need at least one new one.

 

Interesting, wonder how Mike will take to being second fiddle in this situation.

 

Hope this works out well.

 

I think he'll do a great job with the linebackers and if you could bottle and sell his intensity you'd be a billionaire. I just wonder if coaching with a former team mate and taking orders from him might be tough. Anyone else see a possible conflict?

 

I think Mike will turn that D inside out and make them like brick walls. watch out NFC North.

 

It'll be good for the Samurai. He'll get more experience and Minnesota has more structure than what he was dealing with in SF

 

He found a job that he's actually qualified to do although the asst. head coach title is ridiculous.

 

And we play them in 2011....assuming there's even going to be a football season.