Trip MacCracken

Last updated
Trip MacCracken
Jacksonville Jaguars
Position:Director of Roster Management
Personal information
Born: (1974-06-30) June 30, 1974 (age 48)
Akron, Ohio
Career information
College: Hamilton College
Duke
Career history
As an executive:

Alan "Trip" MacCracken (born June 30, 1974) is currently the Director of Roster Management for the Jacksonville Jaguars.

MacCracken graduated from Hawken School, where he captained the football and baseball teams, and became an undergraduate at Hamilton College. During his junior year, he went off campus to do an internship at the White House. While in Washington, MacCracken also found work as an intern with the Washington Redskins. After Hamilton, MacCracken continued his work with the Redskins while receiving his J.D. at Duke Law School. He also spent a summer working for the NFL Management Council, which represents ownership in the Collective Bargaining Agreement. Upon graduation from law school in 1999, MacCracken joined the Cleveland Browns for their first season as an expansion team. He spent eleven years with the Cleveland Browns, where he was in charge of managing the salary cap and the team's chief contract negotiator. [1] He was hired by the Kansas City Chiefs in 2010 as Director of Football Administration. [2] He was fired by the Chiefs in May 2017. [3] He joined the Guardians of the newly-formed XFL in 2019 as Director of Player Personnel. [4]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Andy Reid</span> American football coach (born 1958)

Andrew Walter Reid is an American football coach who is the head coach for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). Reid was previously head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles from 1999 to 2012. From 2001 to 2012, he was also the Eagles' executive vice president of football operations becoming the general manager. He is the only NFL coach to win 100 games and appear in four consecutive conference championships with two different franchises. Reid is regarded as one of the greatest coaches in NFL history.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marty Schottenheimer</span> American football player and coach (1943–2021)

Martin Edward Schottenheimer was an American football linebacker and coach who served as a head coach in the National Football League (NFL) from 1984 to 2006. He was the head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs for 10 seasons, the Cleveland Browns and the San Diego Chargers for five each, and the Washington Redskins for one. Eighth in career wins at 205 and seventh in regular season wins at 200, Schottenheimer has the most wins of an NFL head coach to not win a championship. After coaching in the NFL, he won a 2011 championship in his one season with the Virginia Destroyers of the United Football League (UFL). He was inducted to the Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame in 2010.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jim Zorn</span> American football player and coach (born 1953)

James Arthur Zorn is an American former professional football player and coach. Zorn was a left-handed quarterback, and is best known as the starting quarterback of the Seattle Seahawks for their first eight seasons. He was the quarterback coach for the Seattle Seahawks from 2001 until the 2007 season. Before the 2008 season Zorn was originally hired by the Washington Redskins to serve as offensive coordinator. Two weeks after being hired, he was promoted as the team's head coach.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jim Jeffcoat</span> American football player and coach (born 1961)

James Wilson Jeffcoat, Jr. is a former American football defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys and Buffalo Bills. He was most recently an assistant football coach for the Dallas Renegades of the XFL. He played college football at Arizona State University. He won two Super Bowls with the Cowboys over the Bills.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football</span> Football team in Delaware

The Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team represents the University of Delaware in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) college football. The team is currently led by head coach Ryan Carty and plays on Tubby Raymond Field at 22,000-seat Delaware Stadium located in Newark, Delaware. The Fightin' Blue Hens have won six national titles in their 117-year history – 1946, 1963, 1971, 1972, 1979, and 2003. They returned to the FCS National Championship game in 2007 and 2010. The program has produced NFL quarterbacks Rich Gannon, Joe Flacco, Jeff Komlo, Pat Devlin and Scott Brunner. The Blue Hens are recognized as a perennial power in FCS football and Delaware was the only FCS program to average more than 20,000 fans per regular-season home game for each season from 1999 to 2010.

Kurt Schottenheimer is an American former football coach who was a position coach and coordinator at the college and professional levels for almost 40 years. During his National Football League (NFL) career, Schottenheimer coached with the Cleveland Browns, Kansas City Chiefs, San Francisco 49ers, Washington Redskins and Detroit Lions, and finished as the head coach for the Virginia Destroyers of the United Football League.

Cris Edward Dishman is an American football coach and former cornerback who is the defensive coordinator for the Vegas Vipers of the XFL. He played for the Houston Oilers, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Minnesota Vikings, and the Washington Redskins during his thirteen-year career from 1988 to 2000 in the National Football League.

Bob Saunders is an American football coach who is the offensive coordinator and running backs coach for the Memphis Showboats of the United States Football League (USFL). Saunders has served as an Offensive Assistant for the Kansas City Chiefs, Washington Redskins, St. Louis Rams, and Cleveland Browns. He served two seasons as wide receivers coach in the United Football League with the Virginia Destroyers. In college football, he was Offensive Coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Kansas Wesleyan University and at Oberlin College as well as the quarterbacks coach at Washington University in St. Louis. Saunders has been selected as receivers coach for the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl on three occasions. Saunders played collegiate football at Southern Methodist University. He is the son of longtime NFL offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach Al Saunders, whom he worked with in Cleveland. He also served as the wide receivers coach for the DC Defenders of the defunct XFL.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chris Crocker (American football)</span> American football player and coach (born 1980)

Christopher Alan Crocker is an American football coach and former safety. He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the third round of the 2003 NFL Draft. He played college football at Marshall.

Mike Clark is a strength and conditioning coach. Clark was a part of Mike Holmgren's staff that helped guide the Seattle Seahawks to a Super Bowl XL appearance. He has also served as the strength coach with college football's Texas A&M Aggies for 14 seasons.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Martin Mayhew</span> American football player and executive (born 1965)

Martin Mayhew is an American football executive who is the general manager of the Washington Commanders of the National Football League (NFL). A former cornerback, Mayhew played college football at Florida State prior to being drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the tenth round of the 1988 NFL Draft. He sat out his rookie season due to a wrist injury and joined the Washington Redskins a year later, with whom he won Super Bowl XXVI with, and later played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers before retiring following the 1996 season.

Justin C. Hickman is a gridiron football scout and former defensive end. He currently serves as an analyst and scouting manager for the Tampa Bay Vipers of the XFL.

Walter Martin Corey was an American professional football player and coach. He played as a linebacker for seven seasons in the American Football League (AFL) before coaching in the National Football League (NFL) for 28 seasons.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Dorsey (American football)</span> American football player and executive (born 1960)

John Michael Dorsey is an American football executive and former player who is a senior personnel executive for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as general manager of the Cleveland Browns and Kansas City Chiefs. He is a former National Football League player for the Green Bay Packers, and later served in the Packers' scouting department for more than two decades, including director of college scouting from 2000 to 2011. He served as the Seattle Seahawks' director of player personnel in 1999, between two stints in Green Bay's front office.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mike McDaniel</span> American football coach and former player (born 1983)

Michael Lee McDaniel is an American football coach who is the head coach for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). A former long-time assistant to Mike and Kyle Shanahan, McDaniel began his NFL coaching career as an intern for the Denver Broncos in 2005. McDaniel served as an assistant coach for the Houston Texans, Washington Redskins, Cleveland Browns, Atlanta Falcons, and San Francisco 49ers from 2017 to 2021, holding his first offensive coordinator position in 2021. McDaniel has appeared in two Super Bowls, first with the Falcons in 2017 then with the 49ers in 2020.

Joe Mack is an American football scout and executive. He has worked for several National Football League organizations and was the general manager and vice-president of football operations for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers from 2010 to 2013.

Willie L. Lewis is an American football executive and former professional player. He is currently the Director of Player Personnel for the San Antonio Brahmas of the XFL and was most recently the Assistant Director of Pro Personnel for the Houston Roughnecks of the XFL. He was the general manager for the Memphis Express of the Alliance of American Football (AAF). He previously served as an executive in the National Football League (NFL) for 20 years, including tenures with the Seattle Seahawks and Kansas City Chiefs. Most notably, he was the Seahawks vice president of football operations from 2010 to 2012.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tim Temerario</span> American football player (1906–2001)

Carmel Arthur "Tim" Temerario was a high school, college and professional American football coach and executive. He was an assistant coach for the Detroit Lions, Cleveland Browns and Washington Redskins, and served as the Redskins' director of player personnel between 1965 and 1978.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jordan Ta'amu</span> American football player (born 1997)

Jordan Taalolo Ta'amu-Perifanos is an American football quarterback for the DC Defenders of the XFL. He played college football for Ole Miss. Ta'amu has been a member of several National Football League (NFL) teams and has started for the St. Louis BattleHawks of the XFL and Tampa Bay Bandits of the United States Football League (USFL). With the Bandits, he led the 2022 USFL season in passing yardage and touchdowns.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">DC Defenders</span> XFL (2020) team based in Washington, D.C.

The Defenders of Washington D.C., commonly known as the D.C. Defenders, are a professional American football team based in Washington, D.C. The team was founded by Vince McMahon’s Alpha Entertainment and is an owned-and-operated member of the new XFL owned by Dwayne Johnson’s Alpha Acquico. The Defenders play their home games at Audi Field.

References

  1. "CLARK NAMED STRENGTH COACH, MacCRACKEN HIRED AS DIR. OF FB ADMINISTRATION". KCChiefs.com. 2010-02-25. Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2010-12-11.
  2. Florio, Mike (February 25, 2010). "Chiefs hire Trip MacCracken, Mike Clark". ProFootballTalk.com. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
  3. Paylor, Terez (May 15, 2017). "Chiefs' pro scouting, football administration directors won't return". The Kansas City Star . Retrieved October 14, 2019.
  4. "The New York Guardians are #OnDuty in February 2020". XFL . September 20, 2019. Retrieved October 14, 2019.