Vikings hire Seahawks' Nolan Teasley as new GM

Ben Goessling, The Minnesota Star Tribune on May 30, 2026

Published in Football

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MINNEAPOLIS — Nearly four months to the day after they fired Kwesi Adofo-Mensah, the Minnesota Vikings officially hired their next general manager on Saturday, bringing in Seattle Seahawks assistant GM Nolan Teasley to run their front office.

The team finished in-person interviews with a group of five finalists this past week, wrapping things up with Denver Broncos assistant GM Reed Burckhardt on Wednesday and Los Angeles Rams assistant GM John McKay on Thursday. Their decision to hire Teasley comes with three weeks left in the offseason program, and sets their new front office structure a week before the team’s mandatory minicamp begins June 9.

Teasley comes to the Vikings after a Seahawks Super Bowl run that was charged by sharp personnel decisions, like recent drafts that delivered wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba and safety Nick Emmanwori, as well as the March 2025 move to sign Sam Darnold after his breakout year with the Vikings. Teasley had been with Seattle since 2013, when the team won its first Super Bowl title, and he’d ascended through the team’s pro personnel scouting operation before becoming assistant GM under John Schneider in 2022.

His relationship with Schneider helped him build a connection with Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell, who has known Teasley for years because of his connection with the Seahawks GM. That relationship meant Teasley was at the top of the coach’s list, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.

Teasley worked in marketing for six years after graduating from Eastern Washington, before realizing he wanted to pursue a career in football. The internship he started with the Seahawks in 2013 led to a full-time job, and Teasley did everything from undrafted free agent scouting to draft and free agency prep during his time in Seattle.

The Vikings largely kept quiet about their general manager search, but their candidate list tracked closely with what co-owner Mark Wilf said he wanted this offseason, with a GM retaining control over the roster with input from scouts and coaches. At the NFL owners meetings in March, Wilf said the Vikings wanted a GM who could bring different departments of the front office together under a shared vision.

“We certainly want someone who is a great leader,” Wilf said. “Someone who can lead. We feel we have a great scouting staff. Great coaching staff. Of course, never resting on any laurels. We want to be competitive every single year and have long-term success. So someone’s got to fit within that. It’s got to fit within what we have in our building right now, as well. So it’s a host of factors. Hopefully we’ll know it when we see it.”

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