Kevin O'Connell (American football)

Kevin O'Connell

O'Connell with the Washington Redskins in 2019
Minnesota Vikings
Position:	Head coach
Personal information
Born:	(1985-05-25) May 25, 1985 (age 39) Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight:	225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school:	La Costa Canyon (Carlsbad, California)
College:	San Diego State (2003–2007)
NFL draft:	2008  / round: 3 / pick: 94
Career history
As a player:
New England Patriots (2008) Detroit Lions (2009)* New York Jets (2009–2010) Miami Dolphins (2011)* New York Jets (2011) San Diego Chargers (2012)*
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only
As a coach:
Cleveland Browns (2015) Quarterbacks coach San Francisco 49ers (2016) Special projects Washington Redskins (2017) Quarterbacks coach Washington Redskins (2018) Quarterbacks coach & passing game coordinator Washington Redskins (2019) Offensive coordinator Los Angeles Rams (2020–2021) Offensive coordinator Minnesota Vikings (2022–present) Head coach
Career highlights and awards As a player Second-team All-MW (2007) As a coach Super Bowl champion (LVI) Career NFL statistics Pass attempts: 6 Pass completions: 4 Percentage: 66.7% TD–INT: -0-0 Passing yards: 23 Passer rating: 73.6 Stats at Pro Football Reference Head coaching record Regular season: 34–17 (.667) Postseason: 0–2 (.000) Career: 34–19 (.642) Record  at Pro Football Reference Kevin William O'Connell (born May 25, 1985), nicknamed "KOC", [1] is an American professional football coach and former quarterback who is the head coach of the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). O'Connell played college football at San Diego State from 2004 to 2007 and in the National Football League (NFL) for five seasons from 2008 to 2012, with his longest tenure (2009–2011) as a player with the New York Jets. O'Connell was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. His father, Bill, was an FBI agent, and the family lived in Tennessee, New York, and California. He attended high school in Carlsbad, California, at La Costa Canyon High School. After graduation from high school in 2004, O'Connell enrolled at San Diego State University and played quarterback for the Aztecs, starting for three seasons. The New England Patriots selected O'Connell in the third round of the 2008 NFL draft. He played 5 years as a quarterback in the NFL, with New England in 2008, the Detroit Lions in 2009, the New York Jets from 2009 to 2011, the Miami Dolphins and the San Diego Chargers in 2012. From 2013 to 2014, while just retiring from the NFL, O'Connell served as a private instructor for quarterbacks. O'Connell's NFL coaching career began in 2015; he held various assistant coaching roles on the Cleveland Browns, San Francisco 49ers, Washington Redskins, and Los Angeles Rams (where he won Super Bowl LVI as offensive coordinator, in the 2021–2022 season). Early life and education Born in Knoxville, Tennessee, on May 25, 1985, O'Connell is the son of Suzanne and Bill O'Connell, a former FBI agent. [2] Bill O'Connell played football for Villanova University in Villanova, a western suburb of Philadelphia. [3] [4] During O'Connell's childhood, while his dad worked in the FBI, Kevin and his older sister Kelly, moved around frequently with their dad's work. Kevin was born in Tennessee, the family moved to New York in 1990, and eventually to Carlsbad, California up the coast about 35 miles from San Diego. [5] Kevin moved from running back to quarterback while he was in middle school, [5] before moving on to La Costa Canyon High School in Carlsbad. [6] He lettered in both football and basketball in high school. In football as a junior, he passed for 980 yards and seven touchdowns. As a senior, he was named the team's Most Valuable Player and selected to All-League, All-North County, and All-San Diego teams. [7] In basketball, he was a two-year letterman, and a teammate of Arizona standout player, Chase Budinger. [8] O'Connell graduated from La Costa Canyon High School in 2003. O'Connell graduated from San Diego State University in December 2007 with a degree in political science. [9] [10] College playing career 2003 and 2004 seasons On February 1, 2003, O'Connell committed to play football for Tom Craft's San Diego State Aztecs football team. [11] He came to San Diego State as "a player we can build the offensive class around" according to Craft. [12] As a true freshman in 2003, O'Connell, age 18, and sophomore Matt Dlugolecki were backups to Adam Hall who was coming off a strong junior season in 2002. Craft stated, "With a senior quarterback, the logical step is to redshirt Kevin O'Connell. But we are not going to define the situation until we see everyone in August." [13] When Hall was injured during the regular season, Craft began to dress O'Connell during games, but not play O'Connell, but rather to get him used to traveling and dressing with the team. [14] O'Connell did not see any game action in 2003, registered no statistics, and retained four years of eligibility under the NCAA's redshirt rule. O'Connell performed well in the annual spring game in March 2004, but Dlugolecki was named the starting quarterback during the spring. [15] While O'Connell was touted as the team's "stronger armed quarterback," [16] he spent the 2004 season as San Diego State's No. 2 quarterback behind Dlugolecki. In the season opener against I-AA Idaho State, O'Connell threw his first career touchdown pass. Dlugolecki started 7 games, getting injured in the 7th game, promoting O'Connell's first start. [17] [18] In his first collegiate start, O'Connell led the Aztecs to a 19–9 loss to a New Mexico team that finished second in the Mountain West Conference and was led by DonTrell Moore. O'Connell completed 16 of 32 passes for 165 yards and one touchdown. [19] [20] In his second start, the Aztecs lost to a No. 9 Utah team that finished the season ranked No. 4 and No. 5 in both the AP and Coaches polls respectively. [21] The following week, the Aztecs were blown out by the BYU Cougars, 49–16. [22] After the loss to BYU, O'Connell led San Diego State to victories over Air Force (37–31) and UNLV (21–3). O'Connell completed 33 of 69 passes for 407 yards with 3 touchdowns in those games. [23] [24] 2005 season In the spring of 2005, O'Connell was in a three-way competition for San Diego State's starting quarterback job. 2004's returning starter Matt Dluglocecki was returning from injury, and redshirt freshman, Darren Mougey was expected to make a push for playing time. In April 2005, Craft said, "We want to make the decision early, hopefully in the first week of practice. It will be an open three-way battle. We just want to make the decision early so we can be ready for our game against UCLA. We'll stay with one guy, unlike last year." [25] In the 2005 spring game, O'Connell didn't participate due to his recovery from shoulder surgery, and gave Dluglocecki, Mougey and Kevin Craft opportunities to take all of the repetitions. After fall practice, Tom Craft announced his depth chart with O'Connell as his No. 1 quarterback. [26] O'Connell was the starting quarterback in all 12 games for the 2005 San Diego State Aztecs football team that compiled a 5–7 record. On September 24, 2005, O'Connell had a career-high four touchdown passes in a 52–21 victory over San Jose State. [27] After the game, O'Connell was asked for his reaction to offense improving and responded, "We were able to do some big things. We're going to try to take what we leaned from the first four games and apply it for the rest of the season." [28] On October 15, 2005, O'Connell led the Aztecs to a 28–19 upset victory over a Utah Utes team that was led by Brian Johnson. O'Connell completed 17 of 23 passes for 219 yards and three touchdowns. [29] In his first match up against a No. 20 TCU team that finished the season ranked No. 11 and No. 9 in both the AP and Coaches polls, 23–20. O'Connell threw a game-high 235 yards, two interceptions, and a rushing touchdown and passing touchdown. [30] In the final three games of the 2005 regular season, O'Connell completed 63 of 102 passes for 802 yards, six touchdowns, and two interceptions. For the season as a whole, he completed 233 of 375 passes for 2,663 yards, 19 touchdowns and twelve interceptions. [31] Following the conclusion of the season, Tom Craft was relived of his duties as head coach. [32] 2006 season In the spring of 2006, O'Connell was in a three-way competition for San Diego State's starting quarterback job again. When new head coach Chuck Long was appointed the head coach, he wanted to see what he had between the three quarterbacks. The 2006 competition pitted O'Connell against sophomores Mongey and Kevin Craft. [33] In April 2006, Long said, "It felt that way today. His experience definitely showed up today, and I thought he commanded well all game. Kevin Craft and Darren (Mougey) had their moments as well, but you could sense (O'Connell's) experience. He had a nice day." [34] In the 2006 spring game, O'Connell impressed observers as he completed 15 of 26 passes for 155 yards with a touchdown and an interception. Long said after fall camp, "Kevin O'Connell's had a great, great camp. He had a nice drive today. He's our captain and he'll go in number one, and we're going to practice that way. Darren Mougey and Kevin Craft both played well today and that's what you want - a healthy competition." [35] In his first start of the season, O'Connell and the Aztecs lost 34–27 a UTEP Miners team that was led by Jordan Palmer. In the first half of the game, O'Connell left with a thumb injury. He would miss the next six games after undergoing thumb surgery. [36] In relief of starting quarterback, Kevin Craft, O'Connell lead the Aztecs to a victory over UNLV. O'Connell rushed for a touchdown on his first drive and finished the game, completing all 7 passes he attempted for 68 yards. [37] O'Connell reclaimed his starting position with the team the next game. After the win against UNLV, O'Connell and the Aztecs suffered losses to TCU (52–0) and New Mexico (41–14). O'Connell completed 29 of 55 passes for 325 yards in those games. In the final game of the season, a 17–6 win to Colorado State, closing out a 3–9 season for the Aztecs. O'Connell finished the season moving into 7th place all-time for the Aztecs. [38] Summary At SDSU, where O'Connell was a four-year team captain, he started 33 games. That is the sixth-most among SDSU quarterbacks, and O'Connell ranked first in school history in career rushing yards and second in career rushing touchdowns among quarterbacks. In 2007, he led the team in rushing yards. In passing, O'Connell ranked tenth in yardage, eighth in attempts, and seventh in completions. [6] Statistics Season Games Passing Rushing GP GS Record Cmp Att Pct Yds Avg TD INT Rtg Att Yds Avg TD San Diego State Aztecs 2003 0 0 — Redshirted 2004 9 5 2–3 115 236 48.7 1,328 5.6 9 9 101.0 73 347 4.8 1 2005 12 12 5–7 233 375 62.1 2,663 7.1 19 12 132.1 140 402 2.9 5 2006 6 4 1–3 59 101 58.4 635 6.3 3 5 111.1 47 155 3.3 2 2007 12 12 4–8 257 439 58.5 3,063 7.0 15 8 124.8 135 408 3.0 11 Career [31] 39 33 12–21 664 1,151 57.7 7,689 6.7 46 31 21.1 395 1,312 3.3 19 Professional playing career Pre-draft O'Connell played in both the 2008 Hula Bowl and the 2008 East-West Shrine Game. [9] He was the Kai team quarterback in the 2008 Hula Bowl, leading the offense and was one of the Kai team's only bright spots. O'Connell was 11-of-21 for 147 yards and completed the pass which resulted in the Kai's only score of the game. [39] At the 2008 NFL Combine, O'Connell ran the 40-yard dash in 4.61 seconds; only University of San Diego quarterback Josh Johnson had a faster time among quarterbacks. Pre-draft measurables Height Weight Arm length Hand span 40-yard dash 10-yard split 20-yard split 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 34+1⁄8 in (0.87 m) 8+7⁄8 in (0.23 m) 4.61 s 1.60 s 2.71 s 4.38 s 7.01 s 31.0 in (0.79 m) 9 ft 5 in (2.87 m) All values from NFL Combine [40] [41] [42] New England Patriots O'Connell in 2008 The New England Patriots selected O'Connell with their fourth pick (94th overall) in the third round of the 2008 NFL draft. [43] He rushed for a touchdown in the 2008 preseason against the New York Giants in the fourth quarter, in a game the Patriots eventually lost 19–14. O'Connell made his NFL debut on September 21, 2008, in the fourth quarter against the Miami Dolphins, throwing his first four career passes and completing three. O'Connell was waived by the Patriots on August 30, 2009, two days after a preseason game in which starting quarterback Tom Brady was injured, and in the second half, O'Connell threw two interceptions and only threw three completions on 10 attempts. The Patriots gave no explanation for releasing O'Connell, who was in competition with veteran quarterback Andrew Walter, signed after his release from the Oakland Raiders, and undrafted free agent rookie Brian Hoyer of Michigan State. Detroit Lions O'Connell was claimed off waivers by the Detroit Lions on September 1, 2009. [44] New York Jets On September 6, 2009, the Lions traded O'Connell to the New York Jets for a seventh round 2011 draft pick. [45] He was named a team captain for the September 20 game against the New England Patriots. [46] On August 31, 2010, New York released O'Connell. [47] O'Connell then found that he had a torn labrum in his throwing arm, an injury he had received during the preseason, which required surgery. [48] After his release, the New York Jets re-signed O'Connell to a two-year deal. He had been on the injured reserve list [49] and was later released again on July 29, 2011. [50] Miami Dolphins On August 5, 2011, O'Connell signed with the Miami Dolphins but was waived on September 3. [51] [52] New York Jets (second stint) O'Connell was claimed off waivers by the Jets on September 4, 2011. [53] San Diego Chargers O'Connell was signed by the San Diego Chargers on July 29, 2012, to be an emergency back-up during the Chargers' practices with Charlie Whitehurst suffering an injury and Kyle Boller having recently retired. [54] He was released on August 12. Career statistics Year Team Games Passing Rushing GP GS Cmp Att Pct Yds Y/A TD Int Rtg Att Yds Avg TD 2008 NE 2 0 4 6 66.7 23 3.8 0 0 73.6 3 -6 -2.0 0 Career [55] 2 0 4 6 66.7 23 3.8 0 0 73.6 3 -6 -2.0 0 Coaching career Cleveland Browns After spending the previous two years as a private quarterbacks coach in Carlsbad, California with clients including Johnny Manziel, Logan Thomas, Marcus Mariota, and Bryce Petty, it was announced on February 17, 2015, that O'Connell was hired as the quarterbacks coach of the Cleveland Browns. That began his full-time coaching career and reunited him with Mike Pettine, who was the defensive coordinator for the Jets during O'Connell's stint as a player there, as well as Manziel, who was a client of O’Connell’s prior to the 2014 NFL Draft. [56] San Francisco 49ers O'Connell was hired to the offensive staff of the San Francisco 49ers on February 26, 2016. [57] Washington Redskins O'Connell, left, on the sidelines with Alex Smith prior to a game against the Dallas Cowboys, December 2019 On January 20, 2017, O'Connell was hired as the quarterbacks coach for the Washington Redskins under head coach Jay Gruden. [58] In 2019, with Bill Callahan as the interim head coach, O'Connell was promoted to offensive coordinator. [59] After the 2019–20 regular season, he was not retained by incoming new head coach Ron Rivera. [60] Los Angeles Rams On January 16, 2020, O'Connell was hired by the Los Angeles Rams to be their new offensive coordinator. [61] In his second season with the Rams, their offense ranked second-best in receiving touchdowns (41), fifth-highest in total yards (4,893), and eighth-best in total touchdowns (63) as the team won Super Bowl LVI against the Cincinnati Bengals 23–20. [62] [63] Minnesota Vikings On February 16, 2022, just three days after winning Super Bowl LVI, O'Connell was hired by the Minnesota Vikings as the 10th head coach in their franchise history. [64] [65] The hiring reunited him with quarterback Kirk Cousins, whom O'Connell had coached in 2017 (Cousins' final year with the Washington Redskins). O'Connell won his first game as head coach against the Green Bay Packers in Week 1 of the 2022 season by a score of 23–7. [66] O'Connell led the Vikings to a 13–4 record on the season, tying Matt LaFleur and Jim Harbaugh for the second-most wins for a rookie head coach in NFL history, which included an 11–0 record in games decided by one score, including the biggest comeback in NFL history. The Vikings won the NFC North for the first time since 2017, which was good enough for the NFC's third seed, but were defeated by the New York Giants in the Wild Card round by a score of 31–24. [67] In 2023, the Vikings regressed, losing the first three games of the season, then losing Kirk Cousins for the year due to an Achilles injury in a Week 8 tilt against the Packers. Despite a surprising pair of wins under freshly acquired quarterback Joshua Dobbs, the Vikings lost six of their last seven games to finish the year with a 7–10 record, the only win in that stretch being a 3–0 victory over the Las Vegas Raiders. After Kirk Cousins left the Vikings for the Atlanta Falcons after the season, O'Connell worked closely with veteran free agent quarterback Sam Darnold and rookie first round pick J.J. McCarthy in the 2024 off-season. A preseason knee injury to McCarthy complicated the team's plans for quarterback progression, leading to Darnold becoming the sole starter for 2024. O'Connell guided the Vikings to a 14–3 record, the second most wins in franchise history, with both Darnold and newly acquired running back Aaron Jones registering career highs in passing and rushing yards, respectively. However, due to a Week 18 loss to the Detroit Lions, the Vikings became the first 14-win team to settle for a Wild Card round berth, finishing second in the NFC North to the Lions. In the second match of the season O'Connell had against his former mentor Sean McVay, the Vikings lost to the Los Angeles Rams 27–9 in a game played at State Farm Stadium in Arizona due to the wildfires in southern California. Including the postseason, all four of the 2024 Vikings' losses came at the hands of either the Lions or the Rams. On January 21, 2025, O'Connell signed a contract extension with the Vikings. [68] Two days later, he was honored by the Pro Football Writers Association as the 2024 Head Coach of the Year. [69] Head coaching record Team Year Regular season Postseason Won Lost Ties Win % Finish Won Lost Win % Result MIN 2022 13 4 0 .765 1st in NFC North 0 1 .000 Lost to New York Giants in NFC Wild Card Game MIN 2023 7 10 0 .412 3rd in NFC North — — — — MIN 2024 14 3 0 .824 2nd in NFC North 0 1 .000 Lost to Los Angeles Rams in NFC Wild Card Game Total 34 17 0 .667 0 2 .000 Personal life O'Connell and his wife, Leah, have four children: Kaden, Quinn, Kolten, and Callie. [70] [71] He is a parishioner at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church in Edina, Minnesota. [72] O'Connell has spoken about "hope and faith" as important things relating to leadership in the NFL, and that his faith in Christ has "defined everything" about how he deals with adversity. [73] [74] References Schad, Chris (August 7, 2022). "Adam Thielen on KOC's lack of screaming: 'It's kind of amazing to have a coach that doesn't belittle you". Sports Illustrated Minnesota Sports, News, Analysis, and More. 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