After shockingly firing general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah on Friday, the Vikings stayed in the news cycle by filling out their coaching staff on Saturday.

According to multiple reports, the Vikings will hire former Miami Dolphins offensive coordinator Frank Smith as their new assistant coach, filling a key role that was vacated when former assistant coach Mike Pettine retired.

The addition of Smith feels important considering he was instrumental in helping the Dolphins develop a strong rushing attack. That’s long been an issue for the Vikings under head coach Kevin O’Connell. It’s pretty clear that he’s making an effort to fix it.

Though it’s likely that Smith will have a hand in the run game for the Vikings, new offensive line coach Keith Carter will be promoted to lead the group in the trenches. He previously served as the assistant offensive line coach under former offensive line coach Chris Kuper.

On the other side of the ball, the Vikings reportedly will hire former Pittsburgh Steelers defensive backs coach Gerald Alexander to do the same job, and former Jacksonville Jaguars defensive coordinator Ryan Nielsen to be their defensive line coach.

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