Vikings GM Nolan Teasley puts stamp on front office as 4 staffers are set to leave

EAGAN, Minn. — Recently hired Minnesota Vikings general manager Nolan Teasley is making changes to the front office, according to multiple league sources.

On Thursday, the Vikings parted ways with assistant general manager Demitrius Washington, senior personnel executive Jamaal Stephenson, assistant director of college scouting Pat Roberts and pro scout Salli Clavelle.

These moves signal a different approach from the route taken when the Vikings hired former general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah. At the time, the team preferred him to maintain the structure of the previous staff. Teasley also suggested in his introductory news conference that he wanted extensive time to evaluate what the Vikings currently have in their building.

“I haven’t been here to assess the people who are here,” Teasley said last week. “But I know there’s a lot of strong evaluators and a really strong football evaluation (team) in place. So, I would leave it at that.”

Stephenson and Roberts had both worked for the team for more than a decade. Stephenson joined the Vikings in 2002 as a college scout and eventually climbed the ladder to become the director of college scouting in 2009. Roberts, meanwhile, was initially hired as a national scout before ascending to the assistant director of college scouting position in 2022.

Adofo-Mensah hired both Washington and Clavelle, two longtime San Francisco 49ers employees. Washington had emerged as a conduit between the front office and coaching staff in San Francisco, bringing running back fits to 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan. Clavelle had been a college scout with the 49ers before the Vikings hired her in 2023.

These departures leave potential spots open for external hires. Teasley could add another assistant general manager, given that opposing teams don’t typically block candidates for positions with that title. Other June hires typically happen with football staffers whose contracts have recently ended.