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Jaguars announce bevy of personnel staff additions, promotions

Jaguars announce bevy of personnel staff additions, promotions

The Jaguars announced a bevy of moves within their personnel department Monday, formalizing nine staff additions and eight promotions involving football administration, scouting, player and personnel relations, and player engagement.

Jacksonville hired Tom Gamble as senior personnel executive; Chris Ash as a pro scout; Corey Peters and Josh Scobey (not to be confused with former Jaguars kicker Josh Scobee) as college scouts; Mimi Bolden-Morris, Austin Leake and Max Rosenthal as scouting assistants; Tara Goolsby as player finance and football administration assistant; and Savannah Reier as manager of player and personnel relations.

Gamble and Ash‘s appointments had previously been reported.

Both are returning to the team after previous stints with Jacksonville: Gamble will occupy the same role he held in 2021 with the Jaguars, while Ash has moved to scouting after coaching the team’s safeties the same year. Ash coached Las Vegas’ defensive backs from 2022-23.

A 13-year NFL defensive lineman, Peters finished his playing career with the Jaguars in 2022 and is now embarking on a career in scouting, of note.

The Jaguars promoted John Stevenson to assistant director of college scouting; Ryan Stamper to national scout; Jason DesJarlais to pro scout; Holden McAbee, Antonio Robinson, Mickeel Stewart and Tyler Walker to college scouting roles; and Nikki Donoff to player engagement manager.

Find brief biographies for each staff member below, provided by Jaguars public relations.

Additions

Tom Gamble: Gamble is entering his 31st season in the NFL. He spent the last two seasons as the director of player personnel for the University of Michigan (2022-23), who in 2023 were crowned the College Football Playoff National Champions. In 2021, he served as a senior personnel executive for Jacksonville.

Chris Ash: Ash returns to Jacksonville after two years as the defensive backs coach for the Las Vegas Raiders (2022-23). In 2021, he served as the Jaguars’ secondary coach. Ash coached collegiately for 24 years, including roles as head coach at Rutgers (2016-19) and defensive coordinator at Texas (2020), Ohio State (2014-15), Arkansas (2013) and Wisconsin (2011-12).

Corey Peters: A longtime NFL defensive lineman, Peters played five seasons in Atlanta (2010-14) and six in Arizona (2016-21). He finished his career in Jacksonville in 2022, helping the Jaguars to the divisional round of the playoffs. He was drafted by the Falcons in the third round (83rd overall) of the 2010 NFL Draft out of Kentucky.

Josh Scobey: Scobey spent the past 12 seasons (2010-23) with the Arizona Cardinals’ scouting department, most recently as their director of college scouting (2022-23). He was also drafted by the Cardinals in the sixth round (185th overall) of the 2002 NFL Draft.

Mimi Bolden-Morris: Bolden-Morris most recently served as director of operations for women’s basketball at the College of William & Mary in 2023. Before arriving at William & Mary, Bolden-Morris spent the 2022 season as an offensive graduate assistant/assistant quarterbacks coach for the University of Michigan.

Austin Leake: Leake spent the past two seasons as director of player personnel for Army West Point (2023-24) and Eastern Illinois University (2023). Before going into player personnel, Leake coached tight ends at Henderson University (2022) and was a longtime high school coach, including one season as head coach at Mark Twain High School (2021) in Center, Missouri.

Max Rosenthal: Rosenthal served as an offensive and special teams quality control coach at the University of Illinois in 2023. The Chicago-area native was a two-year starter at fullback for Michigan State University prior to spending the final year of his playing career at Illinois.

Tara Goolsby: Goolsby joins the Jaguars as player finance and football administration assistant from Samford University’s football program, where she was director of football management (2022-24) and chief of staff (2024). She is a two-time graduate of Tulane University, receiving her J.D. in 2022.

Savannah Reier: Reier was most recently the director of on-campus recruiting at the University of Southern California (2024). Before entering that role, she spent two years at the University of Hawai’i as director of football recruiting (2023) and director of player development for the women’s basketball program (2022).

Promotions

John Stevenson: Stevenson was promoted to assistant director of college scouting after two seasons as a national scout. He spent six seasons with the San Francisco 49ers’ scouting department prior to Jacksonville, most recently as a college scout (2017-21).

Ryan Stamper: After three seasons as director of player assessment in pro scouting, Stamper has been promoted to national scout. Before joining the Jaguars, he spent nine seasons at Ohio State and was named assistant athletic director for player development in 2018.

Jason DesJarlais: DesJarlais has been promoted to pro scout after spending 18 years as a college scout in the Southeast and Midwest. He first came to the Jaguars in 2007 as the Bears-Lions-Eagles-Talent-Organization (BLESTO) scout.

Holden McAbee: McAbee was promoted to college scout after two seasons as a scouting assistant. Prior to joining the Jaguars, he served as director of player personnel at Gardner-Webb University (2021), where he led the evaluations and operations of the recruiting department.

Antonio Robinson: Robinson will once again serve as a college scout after two seasons as the NFS scout. Hired by the Jaguars in 2013, he spent the prior 10 years as a college scout.

Mickeel Stewart: After two seasons as a scouting assistant, Stewart has been promoted to college scout. Before coming to the Jaguars, he served as the assistant director of scouting and recruiting communications at West Virginia University.

Tyler Walker: Walker was promoted to college scout after three seasons as a scouting assistant. He came to the Jaguars after seven years with the University of Oregon, most recently as a pro liaison (2020-21).

Nikki Donoff: Donoff has been promoted to player engagement manager as she enters her third season with the Jaguars. She is a graduate of Georgia Southern University, where she worked as a football operations assistant.

Michigan to hire former Jags executive Tom Gamble

Gamble was the Jags’ senior personnel executive during the 2021 season, and he was widely seen as the right-hand man for general manager Trent Baalke.

The Jacksonville Jaguars will be making changes to their front office after how 2021 went, and one member who won’t be a part of the group is senior personnel executive Tom Gamble. According to reports, he will be working on the collegiate level with Jim Harbaugh in 2022 after taking the open director of player personnel role at Michigan.

Gamble and Harbaugh have a history of working together in the past, as the former was an executive in San Francisco’s front office from 2005-12, while the latter was their head coach (2011-14). Gamble reunited with Harbaugh in 2017, too, as the former held a personnel role for the Wolverines until 2019.

Gamble also has a lengthy relationship with general manager Trent Baalke, who he also worked with during two separate stints with the 49ers. Gamble has been considered Baalke’s right-hand man in the front office, and his departure could be a sign of many changes among the administration.

The team has reportedly interviewed Rick Spielman for a high-level position that is believed to be executive vice president. If the team intends to bring someone in above Baalke in an EVP role, it could help explain why Gamble is no longer with the team.

Despite fan protest and reports that it hamstrung the coaching search, owner Shad Khan decided to retain Baalke this offseason, and while it’s always possible a move is made after the draft, it seems like Baalke will be sticking around for the 2022 season. But with that being said, Gamble’s departure could be seen as a canary in the coal mine that structural changes to the front office are coming, which Khan also hinted at in the introductory press conference for head coach Doug Pederson.

Jaguars announce 2021 personnel staff

The Jacksonville Jaguars’ personnel staff has been finalized. The team made their staff for the 2021 season official Thursday, which included the hiring of Regis Eller as Director of Pro Scouting, Tom McConnaughey and John Stevenson as national …

The Jacksonville Jaguars’ personnel staff has been finalized. The team made their staff for the 2021 season official Thursday, which included the hiring of Regis Eller as Director of Pro Scouting, Tom McConnaughey and John Stevenson as national scouts, and Dave McCloughan as a college scout.

With those four joining the organization, the Jags’ personnel group is as follows:

Eller was last with the Los Angeles Chargers as an assistant director of pro scouting, a role he held for six years.

McConnaughey was in Los Angeles with Eller holding a national scout role. Inside the League’s Neil Stratton reported this news six days ago as McConnaughey had been with the Chargers for 24 years.

Stevenson, a former player for the Giants, joins the Jags after time with the San Francisco 49ers. He worked under Jags current general manager Trent Baalke while with the 49ers and the two have decided to reunite. He was a regional scout with San Francisco before leaving and also was a scouting assistant prior. Stratton also reported his departure back in May.

McCloughan is a name many will recognize because he’s from a family who has been heavily involved with the NFL scouting community. He’s the brother of former 49ers and Washington Football Team general manager Scot McCloughan. The last team he was with was the Raiders back in 2019.

Jaguars officially name Tom Gamble, Ryan Stamper to personnel department

The Jags personnel department has two new members in Tom Gamble and Ryan Stamper.

The Jacksonville Jaguars officially named their coaching staff last week and started this week by officially naming Tom Gamble and Ryan Stamper to their front office. Both had been associated with the Jags’ front office as it was revealed that they would be joining the organization, but they officially have job titles now.

General manager Trent Baalke revealed last month that Tom Gamble had been working in the front office already. Gamble’s decision to join the Jags comes after he was Baalke’s right-hand man during a majority of his time as the San Francisco 49ers’ front office leader from 2011-16.

Gamble’s last stop was in the Canadian football League where he was named the assistant general manager for the Montreal Alouettes in 2020. Unfortunately, the coronavirus pandemic prevented the CFL from having a season and now Gamble is with the Jags.

“Tom and Ryan are key additions to the personnel department,” Baalke said of both new additions. “Tom brings 30 years of NFL experience in player personnel, and, given our extensive history together, his counsel, expertise, and wealth of relationships in the business will help us in every aspect of player acquisition and retention.”

As for Stamper, who is from Jacksonville, he was a former linebacker for Urban Meyer while at the University of Florida. After his college career as a player, he spent eight years working with the Buckeyes under Meyer. His last title with them was as an assistant athletic director of player development.

“As a native of Jacksonville, Ryan knows this area, and his track record of working with young men and preparing them for life on and off the field is impressive and well documented,” Baalke added. “He will play an important role in helping us bridge the gap between player acquisition, player development and player retention. The energy and expertise that both Tom and Ryan bring to the organization will serve us well as we strive to build a winner, both on and off the field, in Jacksonville.”

As a player, Stamper was a two-time captain for Meyer and was on the Gators’ team from 2006-09. Stamper finished his career with 148 total tackles (13.5 for loss), 4.5 sacks, and two picks during his time in Gainesville.