The Minnesota Vikings have fired Brad Childress as their coach. The team named defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier its interim coach for the remainder of the season.
The moves come a day after a lopsided loss to the Green Bay Packers dropped the Vikings' record to 3-7 in a season in which they hoped to be a top Super Bowl contender. Childress becomes the second NFL coach fired this season, following the Dallas Cowboys' Wade Phillips. The Vikings play the Washington Redskins this weekend.
As AP reported, after a tumultuous season the Viking organization decided it was time for a coaching change.
Brad Childress is gone, one season after he famously picked up Brett Favre at the airport, got a contract extension and came within a field goal of reaching the Super Bowl.
Brad Childress Fired
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