Because if Bud Grant’s goal was to get his players to show heart and to play like the Vikings of old, then mission accomplished. The Vikings went on to have a respectable 7-9 record and Grant ...

Bud Grant smiles as he talks to a Superior High School student Jade Jensen after a Hometown Hero ceremony at Superior High School in 2013. Grant, a legendary Superior Central High School athlete ...

Bud Grant, the Hall of Fame coach who led the Minnesota Vikings to four Super Bowl appearances, has died at the age of 95, the Vikings announced Saturday.

Bud Grant's life celebrated at US Bank Stadium MINNEAPOLIS -- Family, friends and Minnesota Vikings legends gathered at U.S. Bank Stadium Sunday to celebrate Hall of Fame coach Bud Grant's life.

Mike Grant, one of Bud's sons, looked at the sunshine beaming through the clear plastic roof panels and said: "My dad would have wondered why you were here on this beautiful day in the spring.

After Bud Grant retired following the 1983 season, and Les Steckel had his disastrous stint in 1984 where he was trying to run a military operation, Grant lightened the mood with this prank ...

Harry Peter Grant Jr. was born on May 20, 1927, in Superior, Wisconsin, and given the nickname Bud by his mother. He overcame a bout with polio as a child and became a three-sport high school star.

Grant coached the Vikings from 1967-1983 and then again in 1985, compiling a 158-96-5 record. His teams made the playoffs 10 times in an 11-year span (1968-1978) and won 11 NFC Central titles overall.

Former Minnesota Vikings coach Bud Grant sits on the sidelines before the start of a NFL football game against the Detroit Lions at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on Sunday, Sept. 25 2022.

He was 95. (AP Photo/File) FILE - Minnesota Vikings coach bud Grant holds up chart containing Dallas Cowboys' offensive plays during NFL football practice in Minneapolis, Dec. 29, 1977.