Football
The Philadelphia Eagles officially announced multiple front office changes on Monday afternoon.
Here’s an overview with thoughts to follow.
NEW HIRES
SCOUTING
Joe Douglas
Title: Senior Personnel Director/Advisor to the General Manager
Preston Tiffany
Title: NFS Scout
FOOTBALL OPERATIONS
Smit Bajaj
Title: Quantitative Analyst
Grant Reieter
Title: Football Transactions Coordinator
Molly Rottinghaus
Title: Football Operations Coordinator
Leif Thorson
Title: Software Developer
TITLE CHANGES
SCOUTING
Ryan Myers
OLD title: Assistant Director of College Scouting
NEW title: Director of College Scouting
Matt Holland
OLD title: Midwest Area Scout
NEW title: Assistant Director of College Scouting
Jarrod Kilburn
OLD title: College/Pro Scout
NEW title: Assistant Director of Pro Scouting
Terrence Braxton
OLD title: Player Personnel Coordinator
NEW title: Pro Scout
Rod Streater
OLD title: NFS Scout
NEW title: West Coast Area Scout
Duke Tobin
OLD title: Scouting Assistant
NEW title: Midlands Area Scout
FOOTBALL OPERATIONS
James Gilman
OLD title: Director of Football Analytics
NEW title: Senior Director of Football Research and Strategy
Jon Liu
OLD title: Assistant Director of Football Analytics
NEW title: Director of Football Analytics
Zachary Steever
OLD title: Senior Quantitative Analyst
NEW title: Assistant Director of Football Research and Strategy
THOUGHTS
- News of Joe Douglas returning to Philly was first reported back in May. Douglas failed to succeed as the New York Jets’ general manager but his contributions to the Eagles’ Super Bowl LII success previously helped him get that job. Douglas now shares the same exact “Senior Personnel Director/Advisor to the General Manager” title as former Jacksonville Jaguars GM Dave Caldwell and former Denver Broncos vice president of player personnel Matt Russell on the Eagles.
- The Preston Tiffany hire was first reported back in June. At the time, we noted how Tiffany was considered “one of the rising stars in the college personnel world” for his work at LSU and Ole Miss.
- The Eagles lost multiple key front office members this offseason: senior director of college scouting Anthony Patch, senior director of scouting Brandon Hunt, and national scout Jordon Dizon. Ryan Myers is seemingly taking over for Patch but there aren’t apparent direct replacements for Hunt and Dizon. Those responsibilities could be shared by the combination of the new hires and the internal promotions.
- Smit Bajaj was part of the team that won the 2025 Big Data Bowl.
- Grant Reieter, a Harvard Law graduate, originally interned for the Eagles in 2022 before then spending some time with the Cleveland Browns.
- Molly Rottinghaus arrives in Philly after serving as assistant to the head coach (Luke Fickell) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison since 2023.
- Leif Thorson is a University of Michigan graduate who is new to working in football.
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