Vikings add former Packers defensive coordinator Dom Capers to coaching staff

Former Packers defensive coordinator Dom Capers has joined the Vikings as a senior defensive assistant under Mike Zimmer.

Former Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Dom Capers has landed a new job inside the NFC North.

The Minnesota Vikings announced Monday that Capers, who spent nine years as the defensive coordinator in Green Bay, is joining Mike Zimmer’s staff as a senior defensive assistant.

Capers, now 69, was a senior defensive assistant for the Jacksonville Jaguars last season.

Capers led the Packers defense from 2009 to 2017. His defenses were excellent early, especially during a Super Bowl run in 2010, but the greatness faded considerably. Mike McCarthy eventually fired him after the Packers finished 21st and 26th in points allowed in 2016 and 2017, respectively. Mike Pettine has been the Packers’ defensive coordinator the last two seasons.

Now, Capers will get a chance to coach against the Packers for at least two games next season.

Capers has 32 seasons of experience coaching in the NFL, including 25 as a defensive coordinator or head coach. He’ll assist co-defensive coordinators Andre Patterson and Adam Zimmer with the Vikings.