Now that Aaron Glenn has been employed as coach, the Jets have turned their full consideration to discovering a brand new basic supervisor.
Mougey and Brown each interviewed for the Jets basic supervisor place on Jan. 11. The Jets introduced Lance Newmark in for a second interview on Tuesday however wish to proceed the search earlier than making a choice. Nevertheless, Newmark stays a candidate for the job.
Mougey, 39, is presently in his second season as Denver’s assistant basic supervisor. He helped the Broncos make the playoffs for the primary time since 2015 after the group completed 10-7. The Broncos protection completed seventh in yards (317.1) and third in factors allowed (18.3).
Mougey has been with the Broncos since 2012, when he was employed as a scouting intern. All through his time in Denver, he has held a number of positions inside the group, together with personnel and scouting assistant, faculty and professional personnel scout, assistant director of school scouting, and director of participant personnel.
Since changing into assistant basic supervisor in 2022, Mougey has labored alongside Broncos basic supervisor George Paton. They each have improved Denver’s roster by drafting gamers corresponding to Bo Nix, Nik Bonitto, Marvin Mims Jr., and Riley Moss and signing gamers D.J. Jones and Mike McGlinchey.
Though Mougey has not labored with Glenn earlier than, the 2 have each labored with Sean Payton, the Broncos coach. Glenn performed for and later coached on Payton’s workers with the Saints from 2016-20.
Mougey has labored with Payton the final two seasons since he grew to become Broncos coach in 2023.
Brown, 39, has been the right-hand man of Duke Tobin, the director of participant personnel, and the group’s de facto basic supervisor since becoming a member of the Bengals entrance workplace in 2021 after stints within the Alliance of American Soccer and the XFL. Since 2017, Brown has had a number of interviews for vacant basic supervisor roles.
In 2017, the Payments interviewed Brown for his or her basic supervisor place. The Raiders additionally interviewed Brown (2018 and 2022) two occasions for his or her basic supervisor openings. Earlier than working with the Eagles (2013-14) as a scout and the director of school scouting (2016-18), Brown was a scout within the Patriots group.
Reportedly, Brown declined an interview for the Patriots GM place final offseason.
In 2019, Brown left the NFL and have become the chief vp of soccer operations for the Alliance of American Soccer Birmingham Irons. In 2020, he was employed because the XFL’s St. Louis BattleHawks director of participant personnel earlier than returning to the NFL.
Along with Mougey and Brown, 14 others have been interviewed for the Jets basic supervisor job: Thomas Dimitroff, Jon Robinson, Jim Nagy, Louis Riddick, Alec Halaby, Mike Borgonzi, Ray Farmer, Mike Greenberg, Darren Mougey, Trey Brown, Chris Spielman, Ryan Grigson, Jon-Eric Sullivan, and Brian Gaine.
Jets proprietor Woody Johnson fired former basic supervisor Joe Douglas in November amidst a 5-12 season. He additionally fired Robert Saleh in October following a 2-3 begin.
