Kevin O’Connell is the second Vikings head coach to win Associated Press Coach of the Year, joining Hall of Famer Bud Grant who won the honor in 1969.

Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell has been voted the 2024 Associated Press Coach of the Year. The Vikings, widely picked to finish last in the NFC North, ended up playing for a division title and the conference's No.

Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell has been named the Associated Press Coach of the Year during Thursday night’s NFL Honors program in New Orleans.

The 2024 season for the Minnesota Vikings could have gone any way imaginable. From being projected to earn the top pick in the draft to winning 14 games is quite a stretch to overcome. This season

That has earned Kevin O'Connell coach of the year honors, with 361 points and 25 of the 50 first-place votes. He beat out Lions coach Dan Campbell (283 points, 19 first-place votes), Chiefs coach Andy Reid (119,

The Lions won a franchise-record 15 games in 2024, but that wasn't enough for Dan Campbell to win Coach of the Year over Minnesota's Kevin O'Connell.

Kevin O’Connell beat out Dan Campbell for Coach of the Year after leading the Minnesota Vikings to 14 wins with quarterback Sam Darnold.

After leading the Vikings to a surprise 14-3 record, O’Connell has officially been named NFL Coach of the Year. He accepted the award alongside his wife Leah on Thursday night at “NFL Honors” in New Orleans.

In 2008, then-Patriots head coach Bill Belichick selected quarterback Kevin O'Connell in the third round of the draft. On Thursday night, Belichick awarded O'Connell the 2024 NFL Coach of the Year award.