Janocko, 33, boasts 11 years of coaching experience, including the last seven in different roles with the Vikings. He started with Minnesota as an offensive quality control coach (2015-16) before serving as assistant offensive line coach (2017), co-offensive line coach (2018), assistant offensive line coach (2019), receivers coach (2020) and quarterbacks coach (2021).
In 2021, Janocko helped veteran quarterback Kirk Cousins throw for 4,221 yards with 33 touchdowns, seven interceptions and a 103.1 passer rating.
With Janocko as his position coach in 2020, first-round draft pick Justin Jefferson had one of the greatest seasons by a rookie receiver in NFL history. Jefferson set a league rookie receiving record with 1,400 yards and became the NFL's first rookie receiver to earn AP All-Pro honors since Randy Moss in 1998. In addition, receiver Adam Thielen established a career high with 14 touchdown catches.
Janocko began his coaching career in 2011 as a graduate assistant at Rutgers. He entered the NFL as an offensive quality control coach with the Buccaneers (2012-13) before working as quarterbacks coach at Mercyhurst, a Division II college in Erie, Pa., in 2014.
As a player, Janocko was a three-year letterwinner as a backup quarterback and holder on special teams at the University of Pittsburgh from 2007-10 on teams that were coached by former Bears coach Dave Wannstedt. Janocko was a three-time member of the Big East All-Academic Team and graduated in 2010 with a degree in history and a minor in political science.
