Brad Childress is a former head coach of the Minnesota Vikings in the National Football League. Childress attended college at Eastern Illinois University. Upon graduation, he jumped into coaching, getting a job as running backs coach at the University of Illinois in 1977.http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/ChilBr0.htm After a long career in college and the pros as an offensive coach, Childress landed his first job as a head coach with the Vikings in 2006.

On November 22, 2010, after a 31-3 loss to the rival Green Bay Packers, Childress was fired as the head coach of the Vikings. Replacing him on an interim basis was the team's defensive coordinator, Leslie Frazier.http://www.twincities.com/golf/ci_16687230?source=pkg&nclick_check=1

Childress started coaching in football as the running backs coach at the University of Illinois in 1977. He remained at the school until 1984, where he left for the NFL for one year. He returned to college in 1986, taking the job of offensive coordinator at Northern Arizona University. After spending one year, in 1990, coaching wide receivers at the University of Utah, Childress was hired at the University of Wisconsin as the team's quarterbacks coach. In 1994, he was promoted to offensive coordinator with the team.http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/ChilBr0.htm His job at Wisconsin would help springboard Childress to a career in the NFL.

Outside of spending a year coaching the quarterbacks with the Indianapolis Colts in 1985, Childress' pro coaching career began when he was named as the quarterbacks coach for the Philadelphia Eagles in 1999 by head coach Andy Reid. In 2002, Childress was promoted to offensive coordinator, during which time he helped implement the west coast offense with Reid. This helped boost the Eagles to the Super Bowl in 2005 against the New England Patriots.http://www.pro-football-reference.com/super-bowl/xxxix.htm

In 2006, Childress was hired by the Vikings to be the team's new head coach. He was with the team from 2006 until midway through the 2010 season, when Childress was fired. In his time at Minnesota, he finished wit ha regular season record of 39-35 and a playoff record of 1-2.http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/ChilBr0.htm