Doug Whaley

Doug Whaley

Buffalo Bills
Date of birth	December 16, 1972
Career information
Position(s)	General Manager
College	University of Pittsburgh
High school	Upper St. Clair High School (PA)

Doug Whaley (born December 16, 1972)^[1] is an American football executive and former collegiate player. He is the current general manager of the Buffalo Bills. He succeeded Buddy Nix as general manager.

Early life

Whaley was born in Pittsburgh where he played high school football and went on to play at the collegiate level.^[2] He played college football at Pitt as a defensive back, collecting 4 interceptions during his tenure.^[3]

Career

Pittsburgh Steelers

Whaley worked for the Steelers as a Pro Personnel Coordinator. He worked there for 10 years before accepting the Buffalo Bills job. Whaley worked directly under Kevin Colbert the Director of Football Operations.^[4] He is most known for his great scouting ability of defensive players. In his time with the Steelers, Whaley helped draft Lamarr Woodley, Troy Polamalu and Lawrence Timmons.

Buffalo Bills

Whaley was named Assistant General Manager/Director of Pro Personnel of the Buffalo Bills on February 10, 2010. Whaley oversaw the team's Pro Personnel department and assisted General Manager Buddy Nix in all football-related administrative duties and in the college talent evaluation process until Nix stepped down from the General Manager position on May 13, 2013. Whaley became Buffalo's GM three days later.^[5]

On January 10, 2016 Whaley agreed to a contract extension offered to him by the Bills.

E-mail gaffe

Whaley gained unwanted notoriety in 2007, when an inappropriate e-mail that he had sent to Steelers assistant coach Larry Zierlein was inadvertently forwarded by Zierlein to a large number of high-level NFL employees, including commissioner Roger Goodell. Zierlein apologized for the gaffe, and it is believed that neither he nor Whaley were disciplined by the team or the league.^[6]

External links

• Q&A with Doug Whaley, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, November 16, 2006
• Bouchette on the Steelers: Bill Cowher's brief flirtation with Browns a peek into future?, Ed Bouchette, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 4, 2009
• Getting to Know a GM: Doug Whaley, ArrowheadPride.com (KC Chiefs blog), December 22, 2008

References

1. "Bills: Who is Doug Whaley and is he next in line?"
2. Getting to know Doug Whaley
3. Sports-reference bio
4. Whaley brings Steelers ways to Buffalo, banks on top pick Manuel
5. Associated Press (May 16, 2013). "Bills name Doug Whaley GM". ESPN. Retrieved 2013-05-17.
6. Bouchette, Ed (May 23, 2007). "Blogger says Steelers' Zierlein inadvertently forwarded porn to NFL officials". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2009-02-19.