Overview
- Head coach Kevin O'Connell announced Pettine's retirement on Tuesday, confirming the end of a 25-year NFL coaching career.
- Pettine, 59, joined Minnesota in 2022 and most recently served as assistant head coach while coaching outside linebackers.
- His departure creates an opening for the Vikings' assistant head-coach role, with no replacement named.
- Coverage notes uncertainty around defensive coordinator Brian Flores, whose status for 2026 has not been finalized.
- The staff shuffle also includes safeties coach Michael Hutchings leaving for a college job and defensive backs coach Daronte Jones drawing coordinator interest.