MN Vikings Hire Two Assistant GMs Under Nolan Teasley
New Minnesota Vikings general manager Nolan Teasley fired three high-ranking team executives this week, and let another walk, in his first moves to reshape the front office in his image.
On Friday evening, the executive shuffle continued, this time via two new additions to the organization, when news broke that the MN Vikings are hiring two assistant general managers — Andrew Healy (Browns) and Trent Kirchner (Seahawks) who will slot into the power hierarchy at TCO Performance Center directly below Teasley.
The #Vikings plan to name Andrew Healy and Trent Kirchner as assistant GMs, adding two highly respected executives to the club’s football operation.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) June 12, 2026
Healy, who will serve as the team’s secondary football executive, while Kirchner is widely regarded as one of the NFL’s top talent…
Get to know new Vikings assistant GMs Andrew Healy and Trent Kirchner
Andrew Healy joins the Vikings after spending the past decade in Cleveland, where for most of his tenure he was the Browns’ Vice President of Research and Strategy. He’ll be the brains of Teasley’s operation.
Healy holds a Ph.D. in economics from MIT and has even worked as a professor at the University of Loyola Marymount. He is an expert mixing analytics and scouting, like Kwesi was supposed to.
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Trent Kirchner, meanwhile, is the old school scouting side of this two-headed assistant GM monster that Teasley hired this week. Kirchner has been scouting in the league for 28 years.
He’s spent the last 17 seasons in Seattle, where the Minnesota (Fulda) native and former St. John’s quarterback — won two Super Bowls with the Seahawks with his new boss in Minnesota.
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