Just three years into his NFL coaching career, former Minnesota Vikings quarterback Sean Mannion has landed his biggest opportunity yet, as the Philadelphia Eagles have hired him to be the team's new offensive coordinator.
The Eagles announced the news about Mannion on Thursday, and it wasn't a move that many were expecting the team to make.
The 33-year-old former Vikings quarterback has never been an offensive coordinator in the NFL before, and not only will he be in charge of Philadelphia's offense next season, but he will be calling the plays as well for the first time in his young coaching career, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer's Jeff McLane.
Former Vikings QB Sean Mannion brings a ton of offensive knowledge to the Philadelphia Eagles
Despite only starting a total of three games, Mannion's playing career in the NFL somehow lasted nine years. Even if he didn't add much as an actual on-field performer, teams clearly still felt he was a valuable piece to have in their quarterback rooms.
As a player, Mannion was coached by some of the best offensive minds in the league, including Sean McVay, Kevin Stefanski, Kevin O'Connell, Matt LaFleur, Zac Taylor, and Klint Kubiak. Since he spent most of his career on the sideline and in the meeting room, he got a front-row seat to how these offensive masterminds operated each week.
Mannion closed the door on his playing career after the 2023 season, and he was quickly added to LaFleur's coaching staff with the Green Bay Packers as an offensive assistant for the 2024 campaign.
He did well enough to be promoted to quarterbacks coach with the Packers last year, and it's safe to say he played a notable role in the surprising emergence of Green Bay quarterback Malik Willis during the 2025 season.
It's easy to look at Mannion's coaching resume and see that he only has two years of experience as an NFL assistant. But he learned just as much about how to run an offense during his playing career as he has in the last two seasons with the Packers, and the Eagles clearly felt that was more than enough to meet what they had been looking for in a new offensive coordinator.