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Patriots.com:
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - The New England Patriots have hired Floyd Reese as senior football advisor. Reese, whose 30-plus years of NFL experience have included a wide range of responsibilities in football operations, will be involved with various football-related assignments, including contracts.
Nick Caserio, as director of player personnel, will manage the daily operations of the personnel department, continuing to work closely with Patriots Head Coach Bill Belichick on all personnel matters.
"We consider ourselves fortunate to have the opportunity to add someone with Floyd Reese's NFL experience and expertise to our staff," said Patriots Chairman and CEO Robert Kraft. "Floyd will be a tremendous asset serving Coach Belichick in an advisory role."
"Floyd and I go back a long way, practically to the beginning for both of us," said Patriots Head Coach Bill Belichick. "He has handled as much as one person can possibly handle in this league and to a certain extent, so has Nick. In Nick and Floyd, we have two outstanding men who each bring a wealth of knowledge and flexibility to this organization. I look forward to joining with both of them and working toward the common goal of our team's improvement and success."
Floyd Reese will enter his 32nd NFL season in 2009, including 17 seasons in player personnel and 15 seasons as an assistant coach. He joins the Patriots after serving 13 seasons as the executive vice president/general manager of the Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans franchise from 1994-2006. He also served as the assistant general manager of the Oilers for four seasons from 1990-93. Reese served as an assistant coach with Detroit (1975-77), San Francisco (1978), Minnesota (1979-85) and the Houston Oilers (1986-89).
In his 13 seasons as the general manager of the Oilers/Titans, Reese's teams won 111 games - setting a franchise record for wins by a general manager. Houston and Tennessee won 11 or more games in a season four times during Reese's tenure as general manager while recording eight seasons with a record of .500 or better. Over a five-year period from 1999-2003, the Titans led the NFL with 56 wins, including three seasons with 12 or more victories. In 1999, the Titans claimed the AFC Championship and reached the Super Bowl for the first time in franchise history, falling just a yard short of the title in Super Bowl XXXIV against the St. Louis Rams.
Reese's positive impact is still being felt in Tennessee. The 2008 Titans earned the AFC's top playoff seed while 16 of 22 starters on their final 2008 roster were originally acquired while Reese was general manager, including nine of 11 starters on defense. The 2008 Titans are sending six of Reese's acquisitions to this year's Pro Bowl - QB Kerry Collins, CB Cortland Finnegan, DT Albert Haynesworth, S Chris Hope, C Kevin Mawae and T Michael Roos.
Reese entered the NFL as the strength and conditioning coach for the Detroit Lions in 1975. He spent three years with the Lions, including a two-year period from 1976-77 while Bill Belichick was also a member of the Detroit coaching staff. In 1978, Reese joined the San Francisco 49ers as the strength and conditioning coach. He joined Bud Grant's staff in Minnesota in 1979, beginning a seven-year tenure with the Vikings. During that period he held a dual role coaching linebackers and special teams from 1979-83 before being named defensive coordinator in 1984. He coached the Vikings' linebackers in 1985.
In 1986, Reese began a 21-year association with the Oilers/Titans franchise. He served as the Oilers' linebackers coach for four seasons from 1986-89. In 1988, the Oilers' top three tacklers were all linebackers and in 1989, three of the team's top four tacklers were linebackers. Reese moved into the Oilers' personnel department in 1990, and served as assistant general manager for four seasons, each of which ended in a playoff appearance.
Reese served a four-year stint in the college coaching ranks as an assistant coach at UCLA (1971-73) and Georgia Tech (1974). He was an All-America defensive lineman for UCLA from 1966-69 and also played one season (1970) for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League.
Jan 27, 2009
02:41 PM
Great hire by the Patriots here. They always seem to buy low with their moves and this is a case of getting a successful and very experienced talent evaluator/executive vice president/general manager on board when the market for him wasn't as hot as it was for Pioli but that doesn't mean he can't do a great job. His past success certainly says he will do just fine.
From 1999-2006 third in NFL in drafting players who still play in the league. Also drafted three Rookies of the Year with only 11 first Rd picks. Reese will assist Caserio with player evaluation, organization of the scouting department and contract negotiations according to the Pats release. This helps Nick Caserio transition into his new role and positions him for success on taking on his new role that comes with additional responsibility in player evaluations and as head organizer of the scouting department. He also has a veteran talent evaluators experience who he can use if need be.