This is the list of Bills general manager candidates who have interviewed with owners Terry and Kim Pegula. Below is a thumbnail sketch of the credentials of each of the candidates. This list will be updated as interviews are confirmed by Buffalobills.com.
Buffalo Bills Insider Chris Brown provides the details. Here is his report:
This is the list of Bills general manager candidates who have interviewed with owners Terry and Kim Pegula. Below is a thumbnail sketch of the credentials of each of the candidates. This list will be updated as interviews are confirmed by Buffalobills.com.
Who: Brian Gaine
Current title: Director of Player Personnel – Houston Texans
Interviewed: May 5th
Highest position held: Assistant General Manager – Miami Dolphins (2012-2013)
Career notes: Gaine has 18 years of NFL personnel experience. He’s spent the past three years with the Texans where he’s served as Director of Pro Personnel and Director of Player Personnel.
Last year he was interviewed for the San Francisco 49ers general manager post and has interviewed in recent years for the Eagles, Bears and Jets GM openings.
Along with Houston GM Rick Smith, Gaine has helped to assemble one of the most talented defensive rosters in the league.
NFL clubs: Houston, Miami, Dallas, NY Jets
Notable NFL colleagues: Rick Smith, Jeff Ireland, Bill Parcells, Dick Haley, Terry Bradway
Playing career: University of Maine (1991-1995)
Who: Brandon Beane
Current title: Assistant General Manager – Carolina Panthers
Interviewed: May 4th
Highest position held: Interim General Manager
Career notes: Beane has worked in the NFL for 20 years all with the Carolina Panthers organization. He was promoted to Assistant GM in 2015 after a seven-year stint as Panthers Director of Football Operations.
The Carolina executive has experience both on the administrative and personnel side of the Panthers front office, working in scouting both pro and college prospects as well as negotiating contracts and handling matters pertaining to the CBA.
He has additionally handled parts of the NFL draft for Carolina, executing trades the past three years and assisting in the formulation of the team’s draft board the past five years.
Beane interviewed for the San Francisco GM position in 2016.
NFL clubs: Carolina
Notable NFL colleagues: Dave Gettelman, Sean McDermott, Marty Hurney