Packers players and staff from Minnesota: General manager Brian Gutekunst attended high school at Robbinsdale Armstrong in Plymouth, Minn., and Totino-Grace in Fridley, Minn. …College scout Joe Hueber was born in St. Louis Park, Minn., and attended the University of Minnesota…Packers players and staff who played college football in Minnesota: Strength and conditioning coordinator Aaron Hill played linebacker at the University of Minnesota from 2010-13…Strength and conditioning assistant Marcus Jones played at the University of Minnesota from 2011-14…Strength and conditioning assistant Ben Schumacher played collegiate football at Concordia University-St. Paul for two seasons (2006-07)… Packers coaches who have coached in Minnesota: Hill served as a strength and conditioning intern for the University of Minnesota in 2014…Schumacher was part of the Gophers’ strength and conditioning staff for eight seasons (2013, 2017-23)…Jones was a speed and strength/ CBs coach for the University of St. Thomas (Minn.) in 2017…Vikings with connections to Wisconsin: OLB Andrew Van Ginkel played at Wisconsin from 2017-18…G Joe Huber played at Wisconsin from 2023-24…Passing game coordinator/DBs coach Daronte Jones coached DBs at Wisconsin in 2015…Senior football operations manager/special assistant to the general manager and head coach Kaitlin Zarecki is from Stevens Point, Wis. …Former Vikings: QBs coach Sean Mannion played for the Vikings from 2019-21 and was on Minnesota’s practice squad in 2023…Executive vice president/director of football operations Russ Ball served as a senior football administrator for the Vikings from 1999-2000…Player personnel executive Lee Gissendaner spent time on the Vikings’ practice squad in 1996…Former Packers: RB Aaron Jones Sr. was drafted by Green Bay in the fifth round (No. 182 overall) of the 2017 NFL Draft and played seven seasons for the Packers (2017-23)…TE Ben Sims played for the Packers from 2023- 25…LB Eric Wilson played for the Packers from 2022-24… Assistant head coach Mike Pettine was the Packers’ defensive coordinator from 2018-20…TEs/passing game coordinator Brian Angelichio served as the Packers’ TEs coach from 2016-18…Assistant DL coach Imarjaye Albury Sr. attended the Packers’ 2017 rookie minicamp as a tryout player…Notable NFL connections: Packers head coach Matt LaFleur was the Washington Redskins’ QBs coach when Vikings WRs coach Keenan McCardell coached WRs for the Redskins from 2010-11…LaFleur crossed paths with Vikings assistant OL coach Keith Carter on the Atlanta Falcons’ coaching staff from 2015-16…Vikings OLBs coach Thad Bogardus was on the Los Angeles Rams’ coaching staff from 2017-22, where he crossed paths with LaFleur, Mannion, Packers offensive assistant Jeremiah Kolone and LS Matt Orzech…LaFleur was the Tennessee Titans’ offensive coordinator in 2018 when Carter was the OL coach… Orzech and Packers QB Malik Willis also played for the Titans when Carter was the OL coach…Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell, offensive coordinator Wes Phillips, DL coach Marcus Dixon and senior offensive assistant Chris O’Hara also coached for the Rams when Orzech and Kolone played there…Mannion and Kolone also played for the Rams when Vikings special teams coordinator Matt Daniels was on the coaching staff in 2018…Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores was the New England Patriots’ LBs coach from 2016-18, where he overlapped with Packers DL coach/run game coordinator DeMarcus Covington, who was a coaching assistant…Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley was on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ coaching staff when Angelichio was the Buccaneers’ TEs coach from 2012-13…Hafley also crossed paths with Vikings LS Andrew DePaola in Tampa Bay… Packers assistant head coach/special teams coordinator Rich Bisaccia was the Buccaneers’ special teams coordinator when McCardell played there from 2002-03…Pettine was the Cleveland Browns’ head coach from 2014-15, when Hafley and Packers DBs coach Ryan Downard were on the coaching staff…O’Connell and Angelichio were also on the Browns’ staff with Hafley and Downard…Vikings assistant general manager Demetrius Washington, assistant director of player personnel Chisom Opara and director of player personnel Sam DeLuca worked in scouting/ personnel for the Browns when Hafley and Downard were on the coaching staff…Vikings QBs coach Josh McCown played for the Browns in 2015 when Hafley and Downard were on the coaching staff…O’Connell spent a portion of the 2012 offseason with the San Diego Chargers during his playing career, when Bisaccia and assistant special teams coach Byron Storer were on the coaching staff…Packers K Brandon McManus spent the 2013 offseason with the Indianapolis Colts, when Vikings assistant general manager Ryan Grigson was the general manager…Pettine was the Buffalo Bills’ defensive coordinator and Bogardus was on the coaching staff when Packers passing game coordinator Jason Vrable was an offensive quality control coach for the Bills…Daniels played for the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2014 when Packers OL coach Luke Butkus was on the coaching staff…Vikings assistant WRs coach Tony Sorrentino and Butkus were on the Jaguars’ coaching staff together for three seasons (2013-15)..Daniels also played for the Rams from 2012-13 when Packers RBs coach Ben Sirmans served in the same role for the Rams…Packers RB Chris Brooks and Van Ginkel were teammates with the Miami Dolphins in 2023…Phillips and Bisaccia were on the Cowboys’ coaching staff in 2013…Packers S Xavier McKinney and Vikings CB Fabian Moreau were teammates with the N.Y. Giants in 2022…McCown played for the N.Y. Jets from 2017-18 when Vrable was an offensive assistant for the Jets…Packers T/G Darian Kinnard and Vikings CB Isaiah Rodgers played together with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2024…Packers offensive coordinator Adam Stenavich, Hafley and assistant OL coach Vince Oghobaase crossed paths with Vikings general manager Kwesi AdofoMensah, Washington and game management coordinator/run game specialist Ryan Cordell with the San Francisco 49ers…Hafley and Oghobaase also overlapped with O’Connell and Vikings RBs/passing game coordinator Curtis Modkins with the 49ers…Vikings assistant to the head coach Henry Schneider IV crossed paths with Bisaccia, Storer, Packers CB Keisean Nixon, RB Josh Jacobs and CB Nate Hobbs during his time with the Las Vegas Raiders…Modkins and Packers TEs coach John Dunn were on the Chicago Bears’ coaching staff in 2017…Vikings T Justin Skule, RB Jordan Mason and DL Javon Hargrave played with Packers G Aaron Banks with the 49ers… Vikings ILBs coach Mike Siravo was on the Carolina Panthers’ defensive coaching staff when Packers DL Arron Mosby played there in 2022…Notable college connections: Packers T Rasheed Walker and Vikings G Will Fries were teammates at Penn State from 2018-20…Hafley and Angelichio were on Rutgers’ coaching staff in 2011 and Pittsburgh’s coaching staff together for four seasons (2006, 2008-10)…Angelichio and Packers senior assistant Luke Getsy crossed paths on Pittsburgh’s coaching staff in 2010…Vikings OLB Dallas Turner, K Will Reichard and Jacobs played together at Alabama…Reichard and McKinney were teammates at Alabama in 2019…Packers WR Jayden Reed and Vikings WR Jalen Nailor were teammates at Michigan State for three seasons (2019-21)… Packers OL Zach Tom and Vikings G Michael Jurgens were teammates at Wake Forest for four seasons (2018-21)… Siravo and Sirmans were on Boston College’s coaching staff together from 2007-11…Vikings offensive quality control coach Derron Montgomery was on Arizona’s coaching staff in 2021 when Packers T/G Jordan Morgan played there…Packers TE Josh Whyle was teammates with Huber and Vikings LB Ivan Pace Jr. at Cincinnati…Brooks and Packers S Zayne Anderson were teammates with Vikings OLB Tyler Batty at BYU…Packers TE Luke Musgrave and S Kitan Oladapo played with Vikings G Blake Brandel at Oregon State…Packers DL Warren Brinson, DL Nazir Stackhouse, S Javon Bullard, LB Quay Walker and assistant OL coach Eddie Gordon crossed paths with Vikings OLB Chaz Chambliss and DL Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins at Georgia…Brinson and Stackhouse also played with Vikings TE Ben Yurosek at Georgia in 2024…Other notable connections: Gutekunst’s father, John, served as the head coach at the University of Minnesota from 1985-.
