| Minnesota Vikings | |
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| Position: | Defensive coordinator |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | February 24, 1981 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Poly Prep (Brooklyn, New York) |
| College: | Boston College (1999–2003) |
| Career history | |
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| Head coaching record | |
| Regular season: | 24–25 (.490) |
| Coaching stats at PFR | |
Brian Francisco Flores (born February 24, 1981) is an American professional football coach who is the defensive coordinator for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He began his NFL career with the New England Patriots, where he served as an assistant coach from 2008 to 2018. Flores was New England's defensive playcaller during his final season coaching for the team, which concluded with a victory in Super Bowl LIII. Following the victory, he served as the head coach of the Miami Dolphins from 2019 to 2021.
Although unable to reach the playoffs, Flores helped lead Miami to consecutive winning seasons between 2020 and 2021, the franchise's first since 2003. However, conflict with Dolphins management led to him being fired after the 2021 season. Flores later filed a class-action lawsuit against the NFL, alleging racial discrimination in the league's treatment of minority coaches and executives. Amid the lawsuit, he returned to assistant coaching and became the defensive coordinator of the Vikings in 2023.