Minnesota Vikings HC Kevin O’Connell continues his tremendous offseason by winning second PWFA award

The awards keep coming in for head coach Kevin O’Connell as he won the Pro Football Writers of America award as the National Football League Coach of the Year.

This is the second Coach of the Year award in as many days for O’Connell, as he was awarded the PWFA’s NFC Coach of the Year earlier in the week.

Kevin O’Connell wins PWFA Coach of the Year

It was only a matter of time for O’Connell began piling on the awards, as he led the Vikings to a beyond-impressive season that saw them surpass their win total by a whopping 7.5 wins.

The PWFA had a great write-up on O’Connell in their press release.

O’Connell led the Vikings to a 14-3 record including a nine-game winning streak from Weeks 9-17. The nine-game streak tied for the third-longest winning streak in Vikings history. He is the first head coach in NFL history since at least 1950 to win at least 14 games in a season with a quarterback who is in his first season with a team (Sam Darnold). The Vikings were in contention for the NFC North title and the NFC’s No. 1 seed until the final game of the season. The Vikings were sixth in passing yards per game (237.8), seventh in passing yards per play (7.38), ninth in points per game (25.4), first in interception rate (3.77 percent), second in rushing yards allowed per game (93.4) and fourth in rushing yards allowed per play (4.05). Wide receiver Justin Jefferson was selected to the PFWA’s All-NFL and All-NFC teams while outside linebackers Jonathan Greenard and Andrew Van Ginkel along with cornerback Byron Murphy Jr. were selected to the All-NFC team.

With two Coach of the Year awards under his belt, O’Connell is set to win even more over the next few weeks, including the AP Coach of the Year Award, for which he is one of five nominees.