Brad Childress

With as many plot twists as the average daytime serial, the 2009 NFL campaign will be long remembered. It began with Minnesota coach Brad Childress picking up the un-un-retired Brett Favre at the airport and concluded with Childress seemingly tempted to drop No. 4 off at the bus station.read more  

Over the last few weeks, an epic battle for control of the Vikings has raged between Brett Favre's silver scruff and Brad Childress's newly acquired beard. Since Childress became coach of the Minnesota Vikings, he has often ruled with an iron mustache. Until recently, when the coach switched to a more "Minnesota Outdoors" look, the mustache was a staple. Commentators have been scrutinizing Childress over his decision to grow a full beard...  

The Minnesota Vikings have a bye for the first round of the playoffs. Their plan now is to rest. Coach Brad Childress said Monday he has given the players the entire week off, with practice resuming Sunday,  

With Minnesota's late-season momentum limited to the last game and a half, coach Brad Childress chose to give his team some time to rest. Childress told his players Monday that they have the whole week off after the Vikings gained the NFC's No. 2 seed and a first-round bye in the playoffs on an almost-too-good-to-be-true final day of the regular season.  

Vikings defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier is a candidate for the Buffalo Bills head coaching job, and scheduled to interview with the team on Thursday. Without saying where the meeting will take place, Vikings head coach Brad Childress confirmed in an e-mail to The Associated Press on Wednesday that Frazier will interview with the Bills.  

Of all the weird decisions and strange happenings in Week 15 of the NFL season, asking a future Hall of Fame quarterback to have a seat during the 3rd quarter a one point game takes the cake..Contributor: david a lanePublished: Dec 25, 2009  

During the Minnesota Vikings' 10-1 start, coach Brad Childress and quarterback Brett Favre celebrated plenty of highs. But their relationship hit a low Sunday night during and after a 26-7 loss to the Carolina Panthers. NBC cameras captured Childress and Favre having an animated discussion on the sideline in the third quarter, which the quarterback later said revolved around the coach's inclination to plug in backup Tarvaris Jackson.  

The tension between Vikings quarterback Brett Favre and coach Brad Childress is the result of disagreement over how much influence each should expect to have in running the offense during games, according to multiple team sources.  

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — Not all concerns in Minnesota these days have to do with Brett Favre and Brad Childress. The quarterback-coach confrontation has gotten the Headline 1s, but Minnesota's struggling defense has quietly become an issue.  

Brad Childress and Brett Favre talked twice this week about moving forward from their animated disagreement on the Minnesota sideline last week over the coach's suggestion his grizzled quarterback should come out of the game.  

More photos » by Rob Carr - AP Adewale Ogunleye's season is over after fracturing his fibula. I don't know if I should feel bad for him, or congratulate him. Browse more photos » The Lovie Smith era gets closer to an end, and the Brad Childress and Brett Favre show visit...  

Hall of Fame coach and legendary NFL analyst John Madden thinks the Brett Favre-Brad Childress sideline flap and play-calling schism could fester and resurface anew, contrary to the Minnesota Vikings quarterback and coach saying Wednesday the conflict is "All resolved."  

So much for a peaceful Christmas week in Vikings’ land. Vikings quarterback Brett Favre was acting like the kid who whined about wanting a BB gun for Christmas. And Vikings coach Brad Childress was doing his best “The Grinch who messed up the...  

QB refuses to leave game CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Nearly every time Brett Favre took a snap it seemed Julius Peppers was in his face. Minnesota wasn’t moving the ball and coach Brad Childress had apparently seen enough of his 40-year-old quarterback getting bruised and battered.  

Minnesota Vikings coach Brad Childress says he considered taking Brett Favre out of the game against Carolina because the quarterback "was taking a beating." Favre and Childress had what the quarterback called "a heated exchange" in the third quarter of Minnesota"s loss at Carolina on Sunday night.from abc27 News