Rick Smith (American football executive)

For the College football coach, see Rick Smith (American football).

Rick Smith is currently the General Manager of the Houston Texans of the NFL. Smith oversees all football-related operations and the player acquisition process as Houston Texans Executive Vice President of Football Operations and General Manager. Smith is in his tenth season as General Manager and fourth as Executive Vice President of Football Operations.

Named general manager by owner Bob McNair on June 5, 2006, Smith’s appointment made him the youngest general manager in the NFL at 36.

Biography

Rick Smith played for the Purdue Boilermakers as a strong safety. He graduated from that institution, where he served as a coach. After this stint, he coached for a month at Texas Christian University before going to the NFL.

He became the General Manager of the Houston Texans succeeding Charley Casserly in that role. According to the Texans website, he is responsible for all aspects of football operations, salary cap management and budgeting. In 2008, he was given a contract extension through 2012.^[1] He previously was with the Denver Broncos organization as a coach then in the front office.^[2]

Rick Smith is an executive board member of Pro-Vision,^[3] a charter school and non-profit organization in Houston that provides educational services to children.

College experience

1988-1992 Strong Safety - Purdue
1992-1993 Graduate Assistant, Strength and Conditioning Coordinator - Purdue
1993-1994 Graduate Assistant, Tight Ends Coach - Purdue
1994-1996 Secondary Coach - Purdue
1996 (2 months) Coach - TCU

NFL experience

1996-2000 Assistant Defensive Backs Coach - Denver Broncos
2000-2006 Director of Pro Personnel - Denver Broncos
2006-2012 General Manager - Houston Texans
2012–Present General Manager and Executive Vice President - Houston Texans

References

↑ Texans ink GM Rick Smith through 2012
↑ http://www.houstontexans.com/team/FrontOfficebio.asp?front_office_id=16
↑ "Pro-Vision, Inc. Board". Pro-Vision. Retrieved 2015-12-16.

External links

"Rick Smith" at www.houstontexans.com. Retrieved December 16, 2015.

Houston Texans general managers

Charley Casserly (2002–2006) Rick Smith (2006– )

Current general managers of the National Football League

(*) - de facto general manager, performing GM duties either under a different title or in addition to other duties

Denver Broncos Super Bowl XXXII Champions

1 Jason Elam 6 Bubby Brister 7 John Elway 8 Jeff Lewis 16 Tom Rouen 21 Randy Hilliard 22 Vaughn Hebron 23 Darrien Gordon 25 Darrius Johnson 26 Tim McKyer 27 Steve Atwater 29 Howard Griffith 30 Terrell Davis (Super Bowl MVP) 31 Derek Loville 32 Tony Veland 33 Dedrick Dodge 34 Tyrone Braxton 37 Anthony Lynn 39 Ray Crockett 42 Detron Smith 50 Jon Hesse 51 John Mobley 53 Bill Romanowski 56 Keith Burns 57 Allen Aldridge 58 Steve Russ 59 Glenn Cadrez 62 Dan Neil 63 David Diaz-Infante 65 Gary Zimmerman 66 Tom Nalen 69 Mark Schlereth 70 Jamie Brown 72 Ernest Jones 74 Harry Swayne 75 Brian Habib 77 Tony Jones 80 Rod Smith 81 Patrick Jeffers 82 David Gamble 83 Flipper Anderson 84 Shannon Sharpe 85 Willie Green 86 Byron Chamberlain 87 Ed McCaffrey 88 Sir Mawn Wilson 89 Dwayne Carswell 90 Neil Smith 91 Alfred Williams 93 Trevor Pryce 94 Keith Traylor 96 Harald Hasselbach 97 Mike Lodish 98 Maa Tanuvasa 99 David Richie

Head Coach: Mike Shanahan

Coaches: Frank Bush Barney Chavous Rick Dennison Ed Donatell George Dyer Alex Gibbs Mike Heimerdinger Gary Kubiak Dwain Painter Brian Pariani Ricky Porter Greg Robinson Rick Smith John Teerlinck Bobby Turner

Denver Broncos Super Bowl XXXIII Champions

1 Jason Elam 6 Bubby Brister 7 John Elway (Super Bowl MVP) 14 Brian Griese 16 Tom Rouen 20 Tory James 21 Darrien Gordon 22 Vaughn Hebron 25 Darrius Johnson 26 Eric Brown 27 Steve Atwater 28 Tito Paul 29 Howard Griffith 30 Terrell Davis 31 Derek Loville 34 Tyrone Braxton 37 Anthony Lynn 39 Ray Crockett 42 Detron Smith 48 George Coghill 51 John Mobley 53 Bill Romanowski 54 Nate Wayne 56 Keith Burns 59 Glenn Cadrez 60 K. C. Jones 62 Dan Neil 63 David Diaz-Infante 66 Tom Nalen 69 Mark Schlereth 70 Trey Teague 72 Ernest Jones 73 Cyron Brown 74 Harry Swayne 77 Tony Jones 78 Matt Lepsis 79 Chris Banks 80 Rod Smith 82 Marcus Nash 83 Justin Armour 84 Shannon Sharpe 85 Willie Green 86 Byron Chamberlain 87 Ed McCaffrey 89 Dwayne Carswell 90 Neil Smith 91 Alfred Williams 93 Trevor Pryce 94 Keith Traylor 95 Marvin Washington 96 Harald Hasselbach 97 Mike Lodish 98 Maa Tanuvasa 99 Seth Joyner

Head Coach: Mike Shanahan

Coaches: Frank Bush Barney Chavous Rick Dennison Ed Donatell George Dyer Alex Gibbs Mike Heimerdinger Gary Kubiak Pat McPherson Brian Pariani Ricky Porter Greg Robinson Rick Smith John Teerlinck Bobby Turner

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, April 28, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.