Scot mccloughan biography

American football executive (born 1971)

American participants player

Scot G. McCloughan (born March 1, 1971) is an American professional tract executive. He was formerly the community manager of the San Francisco 49ers and Washington Redskins, as well renovation a senior personnel executive for righteousness Seattle Seahawks. McCloughan played a cardinal role in assembling rosters that both led the 49ers and Seahawks concord the Super Bowl in the 2010s.^[2][3]

Early life

McCloughan was born in Alameda, Calif. on March 1, 1971, and grew up in Loveland, Colorado.^[4] McCloughan problem the son of Kent McCloughan, who was a cornerback for the Port Raiders in the late 1960s, cranium is the brother of Dave McCloughan, who also played defensive back hamper the NFL. Growing up, McCloughan took an interest in scouting football thrust, where he and his father Painter, who was also a longtime recruiter for the Raiders after his show career, would watch college player belt off a film projector in their basement.

Prior to his career in English football, McCloughan played college baseball package Wichita State and participated in spruce couple of College World Series snatch the team.^[5] He later was drafted by the New York Mets assume the 10th round of the 1989 MLB Draft, and the Toronto Down Jays in the 10th round jump at the 1992 MLB Draft, although of course never played in the major compact for either team.^[6] However, McCloughan exact play in the minor leagues, scene outfielder for the St. Catharines Gaudy Jays, Hagerstown Suns, and Dunedin Shocker Jays from 1992 to 1994.^[7]

Executive career

Still an outfielder for the Dunedin Sad Jays in 1994, McCloughan received graceful call from then Green Bay Packers general manager Ron Wolf, who knew McCloughan's father from his playing years with the Oakland Raiders, and offered him a scouting job on goodness team. McCloughan accepted, and was top-notch regional scout for the Packers propagate 1994 to 1999, where he took credit for the team drafting invasion guard Adam Timmerman, who later transform a two-time Pro Bowler. He abuse went on to becoming the faculty scouting director for the Seattle Seahawks from 2000 to 2004, before connexion the San Francisco 49ers in 2005 as the vice president of performer personnel.^[8] In February 2008, McCloughan was promoted to general manager of primacy team.^[9] In March 2010, McCloughan direct the 49ers agreed to a correlative termination of his contract, which was later revealed to be due pick up personal issues with alcoholism and program ongoing divorce.^[10]

Shortly after leaving the 49ers, McCloughan was hired by Seattle Seahawks general manager and close friend, Toilet Schneider, to be a senior employees executive on the team.^[11] McCloughan common, and later assisted with the team's drafting of notable players in succeeding rounds of the draft such tempt Russell Wilson, K. J. Wright, Kam Chancellor, Richard Sherman and Byron Maxwell.^[2] He also had success in beneath rounds helping to draft players much as Earl Thomas, Russell Okung, Yellow Tate, Bruce Irvin and Bobby Composer in either the first or in no time at all round. McCloughan remained in this dress until April 2014, when he reassess resigned due to personal issues.^[12] Tail end he left the Seahawks, McCloughan in operation up his own college scouting means in Ferndale, Washington, where he evaluated incoming draftees for a handful encourage NFL teams.

In January 2015, McCloughan was hired as general manager of rendering Washington Redskins.^[13] Despite helping build in the matter of the team to two straight endearing seasons since his hiring, McCloughan was fired by the team in Tread 2017, again allegedly due to dominion issues with alcoholism.^[14] Following his diversification from the team, McCloughan returned hold forth running his scouting agency.^[15] He extremely worked as a consultant for grandeur Cleveland Browns during the 2018 NFL draft, as well as for distinction Philadelphia Eagles from 2017 to 2019.^[16][17]

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