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Vikings-Panthers Connections
Carolina QB Teddy Bridgewater (2014-17), DE Stephen Weatherly (2016-19) [IR] and WR Brandon Zylstra (2018) played for Minnesota.
Vikings Senior Defensive Assistant Dom Capers was the first head coach in Panthers history. Capers led Carolina from 1995-98.
Professional Connections
Vikings Senior Defensive Assistant Dom Capers coached Panthers Defensive Passing Game Coordinator Jason Simmons with the Texans and then worked with him in Green Bay. Capers' time with the Packers also overlapped for two seasons with Panthers tight ends coach Brian Angelichio.
Minnesota Special Teams Coordinator Marwan Maalouf was in Cleveland during part of Carolina wide receivers coach Frisman Jackson's playing career. Maalouf also worked with Panthers Senior Offensive Assistant/RBs coach Jeff Nixon in Miami. Jackson also played in Cleveland when Minnesota running backs coach Kennedy Polamalu and Co-Defensive Coordinator Andre Patterson were with the Browns.
Vikings QB Kirk Cousins overlapped with Panthers quarterbacks coach Jake Peetz for one season in Washington.
Minnesota Offensive Coordinator Gary Kubiak, Run Game Coordinator/Offensive Line coach Rick Dennison, quarterbacks coach Klint Kubiak, tight ends coach Brian Pariani, assistant offensive line coach Phil Rauscher and punter Britton Colquitt overlapped with Carolina T Russell Okung, G Michael Schofield and C Matt Paradis in Denver.
Colquitt and Panthers S Juston Burris teamed together for two seasons with the Browns.
Vikings RB Ameer Abdullah and Panthers LB Tahir Whitehead were Lions teammates.
Minnesota QB Sean Mannion and Carolina WR Pharoh Cooper are former Rams.
College Connections
Panthers Head Coach Matt Rhule coached Vikings DT James Lynch (2017-19) and CB Harrison Hand (2017-18) at Baylor. Rhule, who was the head coach at Temple from 2013-16 and Baylor from 2017-19, built his staff with numerous assistant coaches from either or both schools. The list includes Defensive Coordinator Phil Snow, linebackers coach Mike Siravo, assistant special teams coach Ed Foley, cornerbacks coach Evan Cooper, assistant defensive line coach Frank Okam, Senior Offensive Assistant/RBs coach Jeff Nixon, receivers coach Frisman Jackson, assistant quarterbacks coach Matt Lombardi, coaching assistants Cedric Whitaker, E.J. Barthel and Grant Udinski, as well as assistant to the head coach Matthew Delgado.
Vikings WR Justin Jefferson played at LSU with Panthers Offensive Coordinator Joe Brady serving as the Tigers passing game coordinator and with Carolina coaching assistant DJ Mangas as an offensive analyst in 2019.
Minnesota LB Hardy Nickerson played one season at Illinois, overlapping with Carolina defensive line coach Mike Phair.
Vikings TE Irv Smith, Jr., overlapped at Alabama with Panthers quarterbacks coach Jake Peetz in 2018.
Minnesota Special Teams Coordinator Marwan Maalouf was at Rutgers when Barthel was a player. Maalouf also overlapped with Foley at Fordham.
Vikings DE D.J. Wonnum at South Carolina with Panthers P Joseph Charlton and G Dennis Daley
Hand at Temple in 2019 with Carolina LB Sam Franklin and TE Colin Thompson
Vikings DT Jalyn Holmes and Panthers WR Curtis Samuel at Ohio State
Jefferson at LSU with Carolina CB Donte Jackson
Minnesota C Garrett Bradbury and Carolina S Juston Burris at N.C. State
Vikings RB Dalvin Cook and Panthers DE Brian Burns at Florida State
Minnesota LB Ryan Connelly and Carolina LB Chris Orr at Wisconsin
Vikings K Dan Bailey and Panthers T Russell Okung at Oklahoma State
Minnesota WR Dan Chisena and Carolina DE Yetur Gross-Matos at Penn State