Doug Whaley

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Doug Whaley
Career information
Buffalo Bills
Date of birth:	1972 (age 41–42)
Position(s):	General Manager
College:	University of Pittsburgh
High school:	Upper St. Clair High School (PA)
Organizations
Career highlights and awards

Doug Whaley is the General Manager of the Buffalo Bills.

Biography

Pittsburgh Steelers

Whaley worked for the Steelers as a Pro Personnel Coordinator. He worked there for 10 years before accepting the Buffalo Bills job. Whaley worked directly under Kevin Colbert the Director of Football Operations. He is most known for his great scouting ability of Defensive players. In his time with the Steelers, Whaley and the Steelers drafted Lamarr Woodley, Troy Polamalu,and Lawrence Timmons.

Football career

Whaley played college football at Pittsburgh as a Safety and Linebacker.

E-mail gaffe

Whaley gained unwanted notoriety in 2007 when an inappropriate e-mail that he had sent to Steelers assistant coach Larry Zierlein was inadvertently forwarded by Zierlein to a large number of high-level NFL employees, including commissioner Roger Goodell. Zierlein apologized for the gaffe, and it is believed that neither he nor Whaley were disciplined by the team or the league.^[1]

Buffalo Bills

Doug Whaley was named Assistant General Manager/Director of Pro Personnel of the Buffalo Bills on February 10, 2010. Whaley oversees the team’s Pro Personnel department and assisted General Manager Buddy Nix in all football-related administrative duties and in the college talent evaluation process until Nix stepped down from the General Manager position on May 13, 2013. Whaley became Buffalo's GM three days later.^[2]

External links

Q&A with Doug Whaley, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, November 16, 2006
Bouchette on the Steelers: Bill Cowher's brief flirtation with Browns a peek into future?, Ed Bouchette, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 4, 2009
Getting to Know a GM: Doug Whaley, ArrowheadPride.com (KC Chiefs blog), December 22, 2008

References

↑ Bouchette, Ed (May 23, 2007). "Blogger says Steelers' Zierlein inadvertently forwarded porn to NFL officials". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
↑ Associated Press (May 16, 2013). "Bills name Doug Whaley GM". ESPN. Retrieved 2013-05-17.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Buddy Nix	Buffalo Bills General Manager 2013–present	Succeeded by current
Preceded by Charles Bailey	Pittsburgh Steelers Pro Scouting Coordinator 1999–2009	Succeeded by Brandon Hunt

v t e Buffalo Bills general managers

Richard F. Gallagher (1960–1966) Bob Lustig (1967–1979) Stew Barber (1979–1983) Pat McGroder # (1983) Terry Bledsoe (1984–1985) Bill Polian (1986–1993) John Butler (1993–2000) Tom Donahoe (2001–2005) Marv Levy (2006–2007) Russ Brandon (2008–2010) Buddy Nix (2010–2013) Doug Whaley (2013– ) Pound sign (#) denotes interim general manager.

Current general managers of the National Football League

* = Has equivalent or similar job title
** = Serves as de facto general manager in addition to other duties

Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl XLIII Champions

Head Coach: Mike Tomlin

Coaches: Ken Anderson; Bruce Arians; Keith Butler; James Daniel; Randy Fichtner; Garrett Giemont; Harold Goodwin; Ray Horton; Amos Jones; Dick LeBeau; Bob Ligashesky; John Mitchell; Lou Spanos; Kirby Wilson; Larry Zierlein

Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl XL Champions

Head Coach: Bill Cowher

Persondata
Name	Whaley, Doug
Alternative names
Short description	American football scout
Date of birth	1972
Place of birth	USA
Date of death
Place of death

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