Chris O'Hara enters his second season in Minnesota and 14th overall in the NFL as the club's quarterbacks coach in 2023. He most recently served as the offensive assistant during the 2021 season for the Los Angeles Rams, who won Super Bowl LVI.
In his first season as a position coach in 2022, O'Hara helped QB Kirk Cousins to finish the regular season with the fourth-most passing yards (4,457), the fourth-most completions (424) and tied for the fifth-most passing touchdowns (29). Cousins now has eight consecutive seasons with at least 25 touchdown passes thrown, becoming the fifth player in NFL history to accomplish this feat in eight-straight seasons. O'Hara also had a hand in helped Cousins orchestrate a league-leading eight fourth-quarter comebacks, which ties Matthew Stafford (2016) for the NFL record. Cousins was also named to his second consecutive Pro Bowl and fourth overall in 2022.
O'Hara assisted in QB Matthew Stafford's first season with the team, helping him throw for the third-most passing yards (4,886) and second-most touchdowns (41) in the NFL, all while achieving his career-best 102.9 passer rating (in seasons with more than eight starts). In his first year as offensive assistant, O'Hara had a hand in helping WR Cooper Kupp have one of the best receiving seasons in NFL history, leading the NFL in receptions (145), receiving yards (1,947) and receiving touchdowns (16), earning AP First-Team All-Pro and Pro Bowl honors.
O'Hara spent the 2020 season with the Jacksonville Jaguars after spending the previous three seasons working with Jay Gruden in Washington (2017-19) as an offensive quality control coach.
Prior to his stint in Washington, O'Hara worked as an offensive coaching associate with the Jaguars from 2014-16. In 2015, the Jaguars' offense accounted for 35 TD passes, shattering the previous team record of 28 set in 2007.
Before entering the NFL ranks, O'Hara spent three seasons coaching on the defensive side of the ball at the University of Miami from 2011-13, including one season as a graduate assistant and two as a student assistant. In his final season with the Hurricanes, O'Hara helped Miami finish third in the ACC with 27 takeaways.
Prior to working at Miami, O'Hara spent two seasons at Temple University, serving as a student assistant with the school's football team.
A native of Swoyersville, Pennsylvania, O'Hara graduated from the University of Miami in December 2012 with a degree in sports administration. He and his wife Cynthia married in 2019 and have a son, Lincoln.
