The Minnesota Vikings have added the following six coaches to complete Head Coach Kevin O’Connell’s coaching staff:
Ryan Cordell – Pass Game Specialist/Game Management Coordinator
Steve Donatell – Quality Control – Defense
Greg Manusky – Inside Linebackers
Derron Montgomery – Quality Control – Offense
Tony Sorrentino – Assistant Wide Receivers/Quality Control – Offense
A’Lique Terry – Assistant Defensive Line
Ryan Cordell joins the Minnesota Vikings after spending the past three seasons with the Cleveland Browns as a coaching assistant, working closely with an offensive line that produced Associated Press All-Pros G Joel Bitonio, T Jack Conklin and G Wyatt Teller. Cordell spent five seasons (2014-18) with the San Francisco 49ers, serving as special assistant to the general manager during his final two seasons. While with the 49ers, Cordell worked with Vikings General Manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah, Head Coach Kevin O’Connell and Running Backs/Run Game Coordinator Curtis Modkins.
Steve Donatell joins the Vikings as a defensive quality control assistant for his first season in the NFL and fifth year coaching in 2022. He previously served as the defensive quality control analyst for Stanford University for the past three seasons. Prior to his time at Stanford, Donatell was an assistant coach at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, where he was in charge of the outside linebackers. In his only season in Chattanooga, the Mocs boasted the top defense in the Southern Conference. Donatell began his collegiate career as a linebacker at Wake Forest, where he and Vikings Assistant Defensive Line coach A’Lique Terry were teammates for the 2014-15 seasons. Donatell is the son of Vikings Defensive Coordinator Ed Donatell, and his brother, Tom, is the assistant secondary coach for the Los Angeles Chargers.
Greg Manusky returns to the NFL as the inside linebackers coach for his 32nd year in the league and first as a coach for the Vikings in 2022. He previously served as the defensive quality control assistant for the University of Kentucky the past two seasons. The former linebacker, who played two seasons for the Vikings from 1991-93, brings 31 combined seasons of NFL experience (19 coaching and 12 playing) to Head Coach Kevin O’Connell’s staff. Manusky has coached 12 players to the Pro Bowl in his career, six of which earned All-Pro honors.
Derron Montgomery enters his first season in the NFL as an offensive quality control assistant with the Vikings in 2022, after previously serving as a senior offensive analyst for the University of Arizona. Montgomery has also spent time in the collegiate coaching ranks at Abilene Christian, New Mexico Highlands, Michigan and Miami, and has worked as the assistant director of player development for the University of Georgia.
Tony Sorrentino joins the Vikings staff as the assistant wide receivers coach after spending the past three seasons with Northern Illinois, most recently serving as the passing game coordinator/wide receivers coach. Sorrentino has 18 years of coaching experience, including four in the NFL with the Jacksonville Jaguars (2013-16). While with the Jaguars, Sorrentino worked closely with the wide receivers, helping WRs Allen Robinson to his first career Pro Bowl in 2014 and Marqise Lee to a career year in 2016.
A’Lique Terry joins the Vikings as the assistant defensive line coach for his first season in the NFL, after spending the 2021 season as an assistant coach for the University of Hawai’i. Prior to his time with Hawai’i, Terry worked as an offensive graduate assistant for the University of Oregon from 2019-20 and an offensive quality control assistant for Wake Forest in 2018. Terry, a former offensive lineman at Wake Forest, played with Vikings Defensive Quality Control Assistant Steve Donatell, and brings four seasons of coaching experience to Head Coach Kevin O’Connell’s staff.
2022 Minnesota Vikings Coaching Staff
Kevin O’Connell ……………. Head Coach
Coordinators/Assistant Head Coach
Matt Daniels …………………. Special Teams Coordinator
Ed Donatell …………………… Defensive Coordinator
Mike Pettine …………………. Assistant Head Coach
Wes Phillips ………………….. Offensive Coordinator
Assistants
Roy Anderson* ……………… Assistant Defensive Backs
Brian Angelichio ……………. Tight Ends/Passing Game Coordinator
Ryan Cordell ………………… Pass Game Specialist/Game Management Coordinator
Steve Donatell ………………. Quality Control – Defense
Jerrod Johnson …………….. Assistant Quarterbacks
Daronte Jones ………………. Defensive Backs
Ben Kotwica …………………. Assistant Special Teams
Chris Kuper ………………….. Offensive Line
Greg Manusky ………………. Inside Linebackers
Keenan McCardell* ……….. Wide Receivers
Curtis Modkins ……………… Running Backs/Running Game Coordinator
Derron Montgomery ………. Quality Control – Offense
Chris O’Hara ………………… Quarterbacks
Justin Rascati ……………….. Assistant Offensive Line
Chris Rumph ………………… Defensive Line
Sam Siefkes* ………………… Assistant Linebackers
Mike Smith …………………… Outside Linebackers/Pass Rush Specialist
Tony Sorrentino …………….. Assistant Wide Receivers/Quality Control Offense
A’Lique Terry ………………… Assistant Defensive Line
Strength and Conditioning
Josh Hingst* …………………. Head Strength and Conditioning
Marquis Johnson* …………. Assistant Strength and Conditioning
Derik Keyes* ………………… Assistant Strength and Conditioning
*Retained from 2021 coaching staff