The Jacksonville Jaguars had a busy Monday in terms of their coaching search after firing Doug Marrone, but it appears their front office search is taking off, too. Per Albert Breer of Sports Illustrated and “The MMQB,” they also put in a request to interview Terry Fontenot of the New Orleans Saints’ front office.
Source: The Jaguars put in a request to interview Saints VP/assistant GM of pro personnel Terry Fontenot. Jacksonville's the third team to put in for New Orleans' rising star.
He set to interview with Detroit tomorrow and Atlanta on Wednesday.
— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) January 4, 2021
Fontenot is another candidate of interest who appears to have a busy schedule ahead of him with interviews set up with the Detroit Lions and Atlanta Falcons in the next two days. However, with 11 draft picks (including the first overall pick) and a ridiculous amount of cap space set to be available, it’s hard to imagine he won’t have interest in meeting the Jags.
Fontenot, who currently holds the Saints’ vice president/ assistant general manager of player personnel role, has been with the organization his whole career (16 seasons). He initially was a marketing intern for the team and found his way into the scouting department. As for his current title, he’s held it for the last six seasons.
During Fontenot’s time with the Saints, they’ve made a postseason appearance nine times and have been NFC South champions seven times. They also won Super Bowl XLIV during the 2009 season.
Per the Saints’ official site, his job description with the team is as follows:
“His responsibilities in managing the pro personnel department include recommending player acquisitions by evaluating players from all professional leagues, including the Saints roster, monitoring the waiver wire and supervising the advance scouting of upcoming opponents.”