Brad Childress

Birth Date:	06/27/1956
Height:	6'0"
Weight:	165lbs.
Position:	Head Coach

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Brad Childress was born June 27, 1956 in Aurora, Illinois. He became the head coach of the NFL Minnesota Vikings prior to the 2006 NFL season. The 2007 football season marks Brad Childress’ 30th in coaching and his 10th on an NFL sideline. During his previous 29 seasons in the collegiate and professional ranks Childress has been a part of teams with winning records 17 times and has a combined record of 211-166-8 including playoffs and bowl action.

Childress joined the Vikings following a seven-year stint with the Philadelphia Eagles, including the final four seasons as offensive coordinator. During his tenure in Philadelphia, the Eagles represented the NFC in Super Bowl XXXIX, amassed a 70-42 (.625) record in the regular season, won four straight NFC East titles from 2001-04 and advanced to the playoffs from 2000-04. During Childress’ time as offensive coordinator (2002-05), the Eagles were 43-21 in the regular season, the most wins in the NFC over that span. Since joining the Eagles in 1999, Childress’ teams had a 13-1 mark against NFC North teams including playoff wins over Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings.

Before joining the Eagles staff in January 1999, Brad Childress coached at the University of Wisconsin as offensive coordinator, quarterbacks and running backs coach from 1991-98. During his tenure in Madison the Badgers played in five bowl games, highlighted by Rose Bowl wins over UCLA in 1994 and 1998. The 1993 squad set a school record and ranked 4th in Big Ten history by averaging 455.2 yards per game. Childress guided Badgers running back Ron Dayne through his junior season and helped him become the first collegiate player to rush for over 7,000 career yards and went on to win the Heisman Trophy.

Prior to joining the Wisconsin staff, Childress was the wide receivers coach at Utah in 1990 and offensive coordinator at Northern Arizona from 1986-89. The coaching staff at NAU included future NFL head coaches Andy Reid, Bill Callahan and Marty Mornhinweg.

Brad Childress is the seventh head coach in Vikings franchise history and he arrived in Minnesota with an impressive list of achievements in his coaching career and a commitment to building a championship atmosphere. Minnesota Vikings fans know that being the head coach of our Purple People Eaters can be a challenging job and we desire much success from Childress and his coaching staff. Go Vikes!