Just days after finding their new head coach, the New York Jets have found their new general manager as the team hired Denver Broncos assistant general manager Darren Mougey to fi
The 2024 college football season was one of the best in the history of the Navy Midshipmen program. For only the sixth time they reached double-digit victories, going 10-3. It snapped a four-year streak of them finishing under the .
Darren Mougey replaces Joe Douglas, who was fired as GM late in the 2024 season after failing to make the playoffs over a six-year tenure.
Longtime Denver Broncos executive Darren Mougey took an interview with the New York Jets. Then another. Now he got the job. ESPN's Adam Schefter reported Saturday that Mougey, formerly Denver's assistant general manager, has been hired as the Jets' new GM.
A new GM in New York: Jets are hiring Broncos assistant G.M. Darren Mougey as their new general manager, per sources. Mougey has worked with three head coaches who reached the Super Bowl: Sean Payton, Gary Kubiak and John Fox. Mougey was a part of two Super Bowl teams, and the Broncos believe he played a key role in Denver’s resurgence this year.
After striking right when the iron got hot when hiring a new head coach, the New York Jets have continued a slow process as it relates to naming their next general manager. Earlier this week, Glenn was hired as head coach in New York. The announcement came one day after he had a second interview for that job.
Darren Mougey is the next general manager of the New York Jets. The Jets and Mougey have agreed to terms. Mougey just completed his second season as assistant general manager of the Broncos. He has spent the last 12 seasons with the Broncos, first as a scout, then as the director of player personnel before getting the assistant GM job.
So it should come as no surprise that with the Broncos’ success, other teams have taken notice. Saturday afternoon, the New York Jets agreed in principle to make Darren Mougey their new general manager, a source confirmed to The Post.
After the Broncos reached the playoffs for the first time since 2015, powered by powerful draft classes, assistant general manager Darren Mougey has emerged as a strong candidate to land the New York Jets’ GM job.
Darren Mougey has been hired by the Jets as their new general manager. The team has yet to officially announce the update but it has been reported by NFL insider Josina Anderson: Breaking: A high-level league source tells me Denver #Broncos assistant GM Darren Mougey is getting the #Jets GM job. @BovadaOfficial pic.twitter.com/Q2kO8FXOXa
Mougey’s hiring comes in the same week the Jets hired Aaron Glenn as their new head coach. New York just finished a 5-12 season in which they missed the playoffs for the 14th straight season.