Who is Leah O’Connell, Wife of the Minnesota Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell? His Parents, Family, Salary, Career.

American football coach Kevin O’Connell is the head coach of the National Football League’s (NFL) Minnesota Vikings. The New England Patriots selected him in the third round of the 2008 NFL Draft as a quarterback out of San Diego State. He later played for the Detroit Lions, Miami Dolphins, New York Jets, and San Diego Chargers before retiring in 2012.

Prior to being hired as head coach of the Vikings in 2022, O’Connell started coaching in 2015 as an assistant with the Cleveland Browns, San Francisco 49ers, Washington Redskins, and Los Angeles Rams.

O’Connell was appointed head coach of the Minnesota Vikings on February 16, 2022, becoming the 11th head coach in the team’s history. He and Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins were reunited. O’Connell had previously trained Cousins in 2017 while serving as the quarterback’s coach for the Washington Redskins.

Kevin O’Connell Wife

Kevin O'Connell
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Kevin is a head coach of the Minnesota Vikings, one of the leading teams in the NFL. He is a happily married guy and married to the love of his life, his wife Leah O’Connell back in 2010. Leah O’Connell works as a natural supplement salesperson and supplement sales specialist for the Bay Club Company and Panacea Scientific, respectively.

Kevin O'Connell
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Kevin has shared very little information about their love story and revealed very little about how they met or any dating memory but Leah’s family members are also into the sports industry and are players, so maybe this was the thing they came close to.

Kevin O'Connell
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Kevin and Leah are now enjoying their parenthood phase as they are parents of three beautiful kids, sons Kaden and Kolten, and their daughter Quinn.

Kevin O’Connell Parents and Family

Kevin O'Connell
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Kevin was born on 25 May 1985 in Knoxville, Tennessee, the United States to parents Bill O’Connell and Suzanne O’Connell. He is very close to his parents and his parents also supported him in his career decisions and in his life. 

Kevin O'Connell
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He keeps his personal life very private and even his Instagram handle is also private. There is very little information present about his other family members and his siblings, as he revealed very little about them.

Kevin O’Connell Coaching Career

O’Connell’s appointment as the Cleveland Browns quarterbacks coach for the upcoming NFL season was made public on February 17, 2015. On February 26, 2016, O’Connell was hired by the San Francisco 49ers to work on their offensive staff. O’Connell was appointed the Washington Redskins’ quarterbacks coach on January 20, 2017.

For the 2019 campaign, O’Connell took over as offensive coordinator, and Cavanaugh became a senior assistant. O’Connell joined the Los Angeles Rams on January 16, 2020, as their offensive coordinator. The Rams defeated the Cincinnati Bengals to win Super Bowl LVI during O’Connell’s second season with the team.

O’Connell was appointed head coach of the Minnesota Vikings on February 16, 2022, becoming the 11th head coach in the team’s history.

Kevin O’Connell Salary

Kevin is currently the head coach of the Minnesota Vikings and his salary is $84 million for three years. His net worth is somewhere between $30 million to $35 million.