there have been nine head coaches in the history of the franchise, beginning with norm van brocklin, who was head coach for six seasons between 1961 and 1967. van brocklin's successor, bud grant, is the only coach to have had more than one tenure with the franchise, and also the only one to have won an nfl championship with the team, at the 1969 nfl championship game. grant is the all-time leader in games coached (243), wins (151), and winning percentage (.622). les steckel has the worst winning percentage of the franchise's nine head coaches (.188), with just three wins in his only season in charge. two vikings coaches have been inducted into the pro football hall of fame: grant and van brocklin, although van brocklin was elected for his playing career. mike tice is the only former vikings player to have become a head coach for the franchise. the most recent coach was former defensive coordinator leslie frazier, who took over as interim head coach from brad childress after the latter was fired on november 22, 2010. frazier held the position permanently from january 3, 2011, until december 30, 2013, when he was fired after compiling a 21–32–1 record as head coach. on january 15, 2014, the vikings appointed mike zimmer as the team's ninth head coach.