Before Mike Zimmer was head coach of the Vikings, he spent time as the defensive coordinator for the Bengals.
When he was in Cincinnati, Zimmer hired his son Adam, who is now co-defensive coordinator in Minnesota. Here is what Mike first told Adam when he hired him in Cincinnati:
“He told me … ‘I’m going to treat you harder than everybody else, not because I’m trying to prove anything but because I want you to be the best you can be.’ And that’s exactly what I wanted. I don’t want to be the guy who just has a job; I want him to make me the best I can be,” Adam Zimmer said, via ESPN’s Courtney Cronin.
Adam is in his first season as co-defensive coordinator with the Vikings. He’ll have to orchestrate a turnaround of sorts if he wants this first season in that role to be a successful one.