Report: Virginia Tech Targeting NFL Coach for Defensive Coordinator Job
Per reports from Matt Zenitz and Pete Thamel, Virginia Tech is keying in on a new defensive coordinator, as they are targeting Arizona Cardinals' linebacker coa
Cardinals position coach could land defensive coordinator job
Thamel has coached the Cardinals’ linebackers for the last two seasons and spent the previous two with the Minnesota Vikings as defensive quality control coach in 2021 and assistant linebackers coach in 2022.
Virginia Tech poaches NFL coach to be new defensive coordinator
Going from head coach to DC seems like a step-down, but in today's NIL and transfer portal-obsessed college football environment, it does make sense that coaches are leaving for the stability of the NFL.
Wisconsin native who coached for Vikings gets DC job at Virginia Tech
In 2021, Siefkes joined the NFL, hired by the Minnesota Vikings under the Rick Spielman-Mike Zimmer regime as a defensive quality control coach. He remained with the team in 2022, serving as an assistant linebackers coach under head coach Kevin O’Connell.
Report: Virginia Tech targeting Cardinals’ Sam Siefkes to be defensive coordinator
According to Pete Thamel of ESPN, Virginia Tech is targeting Arizona’s linebackers coach Sam Siefkes to be the program’s defensive coordinator. Siefkes just finished his second season with Arizona as LBs coach. He previously was with the Vikings as their defensive quality control coach in 2021 and assistant linebackers coach in 2022.
Virginia Tech targeting Cardinals LBs coach Sam Siefkes as defensive coordinator, sources say
Virginia Tech is targeting Cardinals linebackers coach Sam Siefkes to be the school's new defensive coordinator, sources told ESPN.
Cardinals need a new linebackers coach as Sam Siefkes takes Virginia Tech DC job
Arizona Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon has a change on his staff for the first time since he took the job. He is losing his linebackers coach. After it was reported that Virginia Tech was targeting Sam Siefkes to be their defensive coordinator,
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