Mike Priefer

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Mike Priefer
Minnesota Vikings
Position: Special teams coordinator
Personal information
Date of birth: (1966-08-21) August 21, 1966 (age 57)
Place of birth: Cleveland, Ohio
Career information
College: U.S. Naval Academy
Career history
As coach:

Mike Priefer (born August 21, 1966)[1] is an American football special teams coordinator for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League.[2][3] He has at almost two decade of pro coaching experience.

Priefer has held an unknown coaching position for Navy, Youngstown State, Virginia Military Institute, and Northern Illinois at the college level. He has also been an assistant for the Denver Broncos and the Kansas City Chiefs in the NFL and has held an unknown coaching position for the Jacksonville Jaguars and the New York Giants.

Early years

Priefer is the son of Chuck Priefer, a retired NFL coach and special teams coordinator.[4] He attended the United States Naval Academy, and then joined the United States Navy, serving from 1991 to 1994.[5] He was stationed in the Persian Gulf as a helicopter pilot.[6][7] He played quarterback and wide receiver at Navy.[8]

Coaching career

For the 2002 season, the Jacksonville Jaguars hired Priefer as a Special Teams Coordinator to replace Frank Gansz.[9] At the end of the season, Tom Coughlin, at the time the Head Coach of the Jaguars, was fired and replaced with Jack Del Rio while Priefer was replaced with Bill Bates

Priefer moved to the NFC East New York Giants in 2003. He worked with head coach Jim Fassel during the 2003 season, and during the 2004 season with new head coach, Tom Coughlin.

Between 2006 and 2008, Priefer coached for the Kansas City Chiefs. He then moved to the Denver Broncos in the AFC.

Minnesota Vikings

In 2011 Priefer was hired as Special Teams Coach for the Minnesota Vikings.[10]

In 2014 Pfeifer was suspended for three weeks after making a homophobic remark, and former punter Chris Kluwe thretened to sue the Vikings.[5][11][12] He underwent sensitivity training before returning to work.[13]

References

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  2. ↑ "Mike Priefer keeps job with Vikings". ESPN, February 6, 2014 - Blair Walsh
  3. ↑ "Minnesota Vikings don't seem too concerned about the preseason struggles of Blair Walsh Eric Oslund". Scout, 09/12/2015
  4. ↑ "Priefer enjoys his week as second-best special teams coach in Mankato". Star Tribune
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Vikings' Priefer sees ordeal through". Star Tribune, Mark Craig December 6, 2014
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ "Vikings assistant Mike Priefer, a former Navy helicopter pilot, took a special pride in Osama bin Laden mission" Pioneer Press.
  8. ↑ "Mike Priefer (photo and caption)". Chicago Tribune.
  9. ↑ "Ex-copter pilot lands with Jags". By Vito Stellino, Times-Union July 14, 2002
  10. ↑ "Vikings assistant Mike Priefer, a former Navy helicopter pilot, took a special pride in Osama bin Laden mission". 05/03/2011 Twin Cities, Pioneer Press, By Jeremy Fowler
  11. ↑ "Mike Priefer: Learned 'hard lesson'". ESPN, July 24, 2014 - Cullen Loeffler
  12. ↑ "Kluwe: Lawsuit vs. Vikings depends on Priefer investigation outcome". Fox Sports, Brian Hall.
  13. ↑ "Mike Priefer: I think I’m a better man after sensitivity training". NBC Sports.

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