MINNEAPOLIS – Two weeks after Minnesota Vikings’ offensive coordinator Gary Kubiak announced his retirement, the team replaces the veteran player with his son, Klint, confirmed several league sources to ESPN.
Klint Kubiak (33) will take over the position his father holds for the 2020 season. NFL Network was the first to report the younger Kubiak’s promotion to the offensive coordinator after coaching Minnesota’s backs for the past two years.
The Minnesota attacking staff is ready for the upcoming season with Andrew Janocko, who coached wide receivers last season and is expected to become the team’s quarterback coach, while Keenan McCardell, who coached wide receivers in Jacksonville from 2017 to 2020, holds the same position will occupy with the Vikings, according to league sources.
The long-awaited promotion of Klint Kubiak to attacking coordinator supports Mike Zimmer’s wishes to maintain continuity in the attack after the Vikings finished 7-9 and could not reach the playoffs. Zimmer said he believed Minnesota’s offense was the most explosive he had in seven seasons with the Vikings, pointing out that he wanted to maintain the same philosophy.
“I like the plan that offends us, I like the wide zone offense, I like the game-action pace,” Zimmer said in January. “All this stuff.” A coach once told me that your offense should be the best in your quarter. And that’s how I feel Kirk [Cousins] is the best in. These things are what make him really good. So it’s very important to me. ‘
In one season with Gary Kubiak as Minnesota’s offensive coordinator, the Vikings finished fourth overall and 11th with fullback Kirk Cousins, who bounced back by throwing ten interceptions in his first six games and finishing with a career high. of 35. The feedback from Dalvin Cook earned MVP consideration while reaching a career high of 1,557 yards and scoring 17 total touchdowns, while Justin Jefferson broke the catch and reception yard franchise record as a rookie and is the second time with 1400 reception farms in a rookie season.
The 2021 season is the first for Klint Kubiak as an offensive coordinator in the NFL. Before joining his father, offensive coach / coordinator Rick Dennison, and coach Brian Pariani in Minnesota in 2019, the younger Kubiak was an attacking assistant and coach in Denver from 2016 to 2018. He has never mentioned plays at college. or professional level.
After completing the staff for the 2021 season, Vikings promoted Ryan Ficken last week to coordinator for special teams. Ficken was previously Minnesota’s assistant coach for special teams from 2013 to 2020.