who has coached the minnesota vikings?
Harrison Smith Devin Aromashodu Chris Kluwe Joe Webb Christian Ponder Josh Robinson Jarius Wright McLeod Bethel-Thompson Blair Walsh Stephen Burton
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 The longest total tenure at head coach belongs to Bob O 'Billovich , who led the team for eleven years over three stints in the 1980s and early 90s . Other notable coaching careers include those of Joe Wright , Sr. at the end of the nineteenth century , Ted Morris and Frank Clair in the post @-@ war years , Leo Cahill in the late 60s and early 70s , and Pinball Clemons after the turn of the millennium . 

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 His coaching career has spanned nearly 40 years during which time he has worked with several icons of the football coaching pantheon , including college coaching greats Bear Bryant and Lou Holtz as well as Bill Belichick and Bill Cowher in the pros . Teams he has coached have won championships at both the college and professional levels . 

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 After his playing career ended , he joined the coaching staff at Stanford University , a position he held through the 2014 season . 

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 Harry Peter " Bud " Grant , Jr . ( born May 20 , 1927 ) is a former coach and player of American football and Canadian football . Grant served as the head coach of the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League ( NFL ) for eighteen seasons ; he was the team 's second ( 1967 – 83 ) and fourth ( 1985 ) head coach . Before coaching the Vikings , he was the head coach of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League ( CFL ) for ten seasons , winning the Grey Cup four times . Grant is the most successful coach in Vikings history , and the third most successful professional football coach overall ( behind Don Shula and George Halas ) , with a combined 290 wins in the NFL and CFL . Grant was elected to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1983 and to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1994 . He was the first coach in the history of professional football to guide teams to the Grey Cup finals and the Super Bowl . 

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 Beamer himself was the object of some off @-@ field controversy when Georgia considered offering him its head football coaching job during the days prior to the Sugar Bowl . Beamer denied any interest in the position , and the controversy abated when Georgia hired Glen Mason as its head coach on December 18 . Mason later changed his mind , and Georgia hired Jim Donnan instead . 
