Mike Maccagnan
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Position: | General manager |
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Place of birth: | Hightstown, New Jersey |
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High school: | Peddie School |
College: | Trinity College |
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Mike Maccagnan is an American football executive. On January 13, 2015, he became general manager for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL).[1]
Early life
He graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut with a bachelor's degree in economics. Before that, he attended the Peddie School in Hightstown, NJ.[2]
Career
He joined the Washington Redskins scouting department as an intern during the team's training camp in 1990. He joined the front-office of the newly-founded World League of American Football as a league scout before becoming the director of player personnel for the London Monarchs in 1991.
He spent one and a half seasons in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a director of scouting and player personnel for the Ottawa Roughriders and Saskatchewan Roughriders from 1993 to 1994.
Maccagnan was reunited with the Washington Redskins as a scout from 1995 to 2000. He then joined the Houston Texans shortly after Charley Casserly's appointment as general manager. He spent 15 years with the organization, starting as a coordinator of college scouting, rising in 2011 to Director of College Scouting.[3]
Maccagnan was hired as the general manager of the New York Jets on January 13, 2015.[1] Shortly following his hiring, Arizona Cardinals defensive coordinator Todd Bowles was hired as the new head coach.
References
- 1 2 Lange, Randy (January 13, 2015). "Jets Name Mike Maccagnan New General Manager". New York Jets. Retrieved January 13, 2015.
- ↑ Cosentino, Dom (13 January 2015). "Mike Maccagnan: 10 things to know about Jets' new general manager". New Jersey On-Line LLC. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ↑ Cimini, Rick (14 January 2015). "Jets hire Mike Maccagnan as GM". ESPN. Retrieved 14 January 2015.