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NASHVILLE – The Titans completed a first-round virtual interview on Saturday with Browns Assistant GM & VP of Football Operations Catherine Hickman for the team’s General Manager position.
Interviews with other candidates will continue in the coming days.
Hickman in in her third season as assistant general manager and vice president of football operations with the Browns, and he seventh season in the NFL.
According to the Browns, Hickman manages day-to-day operations of the team and contributes to all strategic roster decisions across player personnel and football operations.
Prior to joining the Browns in 2022, spent four seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles, where she served as Vice President of Football operations and football operations coordinator and player personnel coordinator.
She currently is the NFL’s highest-ranking executive with a team.
Hickman previously worked for the Montreal Alouettes and Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League, and she also served as stint in the XFL.
On Tuesday, Titans controlling owner Amy Adams Strunk made the decision to part ways with general manager Ran Carthon, who was hired prior to the 2023 season.
Chad Brinker, the Titans president of football operations, is running the search for the new GM.
The plan is to interview a large number of candidates, including personnel evaluators across the NFL.
On Friday, the Titans interviewed Dolphins Senior Personnel Executive Reggie McKenzie, former Falcons GM Thomas Demitroff and Buccaneers Assistant General Manager John Spytek.
Earlier on Saturday, the team interviewed Colts Assistant GM Ed Dodds, Seahawks Senior Director of Player Personnel Matt Berry and Bills Director of Player Personnel Terrance Gray.
After the first round of interviews, additional interviews are expected to be conducted with those advancing in the process as the team looks to identify its next general manager.
Gray is in his third season as Director of Player Personnel with the Buffalo Bills, and his eighth season with the team
Berry is in his 17th season with Seattle, and his second as senior Director of Player Personnel. Prior to serving in his current role, Berry served eight seasons as director of college scouting (2015-22) for the Seahawks.
Dodds is in his eighth season with the Colts, and his 22nd in the NFL. He’s in his seventh season as assistant general manager in Indianapolis.
Spytek is in his second season as Assistant General Manager with the Buccaneers, and his ninth season with the team. He has 22 years of experience in the NFL.
Dimitroff served as the General Manager of the Atlanta Falcons from 2008 to 2020. He built the team that made it to Super Bowl LI. The Falcons qualified for the postseason six times during his tenure.
McKenzie is in his sixth season as Senior Personnel Executive with the Dolphins, and his 31st year in the NFL
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