Saturday, January 22, 2011

Vikings work on agreement to linebackers Singletary coach

Former San Francisco 49ers coach in Chief Mike Singletary is expected to reach an agreement to be the Minnesota Vikings coach linebackers, according to a source says the likelihood of Singletary join Minnesota staff "looks good".

The Vikings and the Carolina Panthers have expressed interest in Singletary serving as linebackers coach. The Panthers looking for a replacemenet in Richard Smith, who is coach of Panthers John Fox to Denver Sunday, a League source said.

Singletary, a Hall of Fame, linebacker played with the Vikings coach Leslie Frazier and Panthers coach Ron Rivera, and both the first NFL coaches would like his former teammate of Chicago Bears to join its staff.

Singletary trained on Baltimore Ravens linebacker in 2003 and 2004, before going to the San Francisco 49ers as an assistant coach. He became acting of the 49ers coach in 2008 when he was fired Mike Nolan, then, he received full-time job after finishing a 5-4 to the season.

The 49ers Singletary was 8-8 in 2009, then plunged to 5-10 this past season when the coach was dismissed.


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