CARDS: Gameday 1992, Pacific 1991
ACQUIRED: TTM 2023, C/o Home
SENT: RECEIVED: 9/16/23
FAILURE: TTM 2023, C/o Home

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

• Played college football for Maryland but was not selected in the 1981 NFL Draft.
• He’d join the Seahawks as a free agent, primarily used on special teams and as a blocking TE.
• Over the next 8 seasons, became a seldom used fan favorite.
• After a one year stint in Washington (’89), returned to Seattle for the next two years.
• Played for the Vikings in 1992-’93, and a final season in ’95.
• Moved into coaching almost immediately as a positional coach for the Vikings in ’96.
• Named the Vikings’ interim head coach in 2001.
• Officially retained as head coach in 2002 and remained head coach through the 2006 season.
• Team reached the pinnacle of offensive production setting modern NFL records for total yards in 2003, after leading the NFL in offensive yards in 2002.
• Wasn’t retained following the 2005 season.
• Has served a variety of assistant coach and positional coaching jobs with the Jaguars (2006-09), Bears (2010-12), Falcons (2014), and Raiders (2015-17).

NOTES:

I thought Mike might make a good fit for the XFL, but he seems content to stay semi-retired. I needed Mike for the Gameday 1992 set, but I figured I might as well toss in the Pacific card, since it was from his Seattle days. A good signer TTM, he had moved and my cards were RTS but I got the golden forwarding address.

Mike must have a great personality as he seemed beloved in both Seattle and Minnesota.

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
107	894	8.4	11	34

W	L	T	PCT
32	33	0	.492