Former Vikings Offensive Coordinator, Head Coach Jerry Burns Dies at 94
Burns is a Vikings legend whose personality and offensive innovations will live on forever in franchise lore.
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May 12, 2021
Former Minnesota Vikings offensive coordinator and head coach Jerry Burns has passed away at the age of 94, the team announced on social media on Wednesday.
Burns is a member of the Vikings Ring of Honor and will go down as a franchise legend for his 24 years of coaching in Minnesota. Known for his personality and his innovative offensive mind, he was beloved by his players and fellow coaches and will be sorely missed.
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For 24 seasons six of them as a head coach Jerry Burns was an integral part of the Minnesota Vikings coaching staff, a valuable part to the franchise s most successful seasons and following his time on the sidelines became one of three coaches enshrined in the franchise s Ring of Honor.
Burns died on Wednesday, the team announced. He was 94. Jerry Burns was one of the most important people we met when we came to Minnesota, and he was a foundation of this franchise, Vikings owners the Wilf family said in a statement through the team. His leadership as a coordinator and head coach for over two decades shaped some of the most successful teams in Vikings history. His love of life, quick smile and sense of humor were what we will remember most. We join Vikings fans worldwide in sending our prayers to his family.
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The case,
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