Vikings hire Seahawks assistant Nolan Teasley as new general manager

The Vikings turned to Nolan Teasley to steady a front office that had already changed course once this year, agreeing Saturday to terms with the Seattle Seahawks assistant to become their general manager. The deal was not yet finalized when the news first surfaced, but the direction was clear: Minnesota wanted a builder who had lived inside a winning organization and could work across departments from day one.

Teasley brings a rare kind of continuity. He spent his entire 13-year NFL career in Seattle, arriving in 2013 as an intern in the scouting department and then moving through the personnel ladder, from pro personnel scout from 2014 to 2016, to assistant director of pro personnel in 2017, to director of pro personnel from 2018 to 2022. Seattle promoted him to assistant general manager in 2023, and the team says he is now in his 14th season with the club and took part in the NFL’s Accelerator Program in May 2026.

That background matters because the Vikings were not simply looking for another evaluator. Mark and Zygi Wilf wanted a leader who could bridge personnel and coaching, someone who could collaborate closely with Kevin O’Connell and Minnesota’s football operations rather than arrive with a narrow scouting-only identity. Teasley fit that brief after a second round of interviews that included several other candidates with deeper organizational ties. The hire points to a front-office model the Wilfs appear determined to emulate: relationship-driven, coordinated and less siloed.

Seattle gave Teasley the kind of resume that can sell that vision. During his years there, the Seahawks reached the playoffs nine times, went to three Super Bowls and won two championships, including the most recent one. For Minnesota, that pedigree is part of the bet. The Vikings are banking that the habits of a stable, well-run operation can travel, even as the realities in Eagan are different and the stakes are immediate.

Teasley inherits a team that finished 9-8 in 2025 and had already begun reshaping its football operations after Kwesi Adofo-Mensah was fired Jan. 30, 2026, after four seasons. ESPN reported that the Wilfs tapped longtime executive vice president of football operations Rob Brzezinski to lead the front office through the 2026 draft, which means Teasley steps in with little runway before roster decisions tighten. The next months will test whether Minnesota’s preference for collaboration can translate into sharper personnel choices and, eventually, a roster built to break through.