Adam Zimmer, son of former Vikings coach Mike Zimmer, dies at 38

Adam Zimmer, the son of former Minnesota Vikings coach Mike Zimmer and an NFL assistant coach for 16 seasons, died Monday at age 38.

Corri Zimmer White, Mike’s daughter and Adam’s sister, confirmed the information Tuesday morning on Instagram. No reason for loss of life was given.

Adam Zimmer joined the Vikings’ teaching workers when his father was employed as head coach in 2014. He served as linebackers coach for six seasons earlier than being promoted to co-defensive coordinator in 2020. He was fired alongside along with his father and the vast majority of the teaching workers following the 2021 season.

Zimmer started his teaching profession in 2006 with the New Orleans Saints as an assistant linebackers coach. He held an identical place with the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs from 2010-12. He joined his father with the Cincinnati Bengals as an assistant defensive backs coach in 2013, throughout Mike Zimmer’s closing season there as a defensive coordinator, earlier than transferring with him to the Vikings.

Most just lately, Adam Zimmer had been working as an offensive analyst to the Bengals.

In her Instagram submit, Corri Zimmer White wrote concerning the sudden loss of life of household matriarch Vikki Zimmer in 2009.

“My brother was considered one of my finest associates,” she wrote, “particularly after my mother died, we grew to become so shut. He was at all times there for me and at all times the primary to indicate up and volunteer at my basis occasions.”