Jon Robinson (American football)

Jon Robinson
Tennessee Titans
Position:	General manager
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1976-01-18) January 18, 1976
Place of birth:	Union City, Tennessee, U.S.
Career information
College:	Southeast Missouri State
Career history
As coach:
Southeast Missouri State (1998) Graduate assistant Nicholls State (1999–2000) Graduate assistant Nicholls State (2001) Linebackers coach
As executive:
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2013–2015) Director of player personnel Tennessee Titans (2016–present) General manager
As administrator:
New England Patriots (2002–2005) Area scout New England Patriots (2006–2007) Regional scout New England Patriots (2008) Assistant director of college scouting New England Patriots (2009–2013) Director of college scouting

Jonathan Thomas "Jon" Robinson (born January 18, 1976) is an American football executive who is the general manager of the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL).

Biography

After high school, Robinson played football at the United States Air Force Academy for one season, before transferring to Southeast Missouri State University after one semester, where he played three seasons as a defensive lineman.^[1] He graduated from Southeast Missouri State in 1998 and joined his alma mater as a graduate assistant for one season. In 1999, he joined Nicholls State University as a graduate assistant for two seasons,^[2] and then served as their linebackers coach in 2001. He then became an area scout for the Patriots in 2002, a position he held until 2006, when he was promoted to a regional scout. In 2008, he was promoted to the Patriots' assistant director of college scouting. In 2009 he was promoted to the position of Director of College Scouting for the New England Patriots, a position that he held until 2013. In 2013, Robinson took the position of Director of Player Personnel for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.^[3] In January 2016, Robinson was hired as the general manager of the Tennessee Titans.

Notes and references

↑ "FORMER NICHOLLS ASSISTANT IN SEARCH OF THIRD SUPER BOWL RING WITH PATRIOTS". Nicholls State University. 2008-02-02. Retrieved 2008-09-29.
↑ "General News". The NCAA News. 1999-04-12. Retrieved 2008-09-29.
↑ Tampa Bay Buccaneers Official website http://www.buccaneers.com/team/staff/Jon-Robinson/9870de32-622f-4c3e-be60-ad3f6a44ad4d. Retrieved 14 January 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

Nicholls State bio

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

Houston Oilers / Tennessee Oilers / Tennessee Titans general managers

Don Suman (1960–1961) Pop Ivy (1962–1963) Carroll Martin (1964–1965) Don Klosterman (1966–1970) Bob Brodhead (1971) John W. Breen (1971–1973) Sid Gillman (1973–1975) Bum Phillips (1975–1980) Ladd Herzeg (1981–1989) Mike Holovak (1989–1993) Floyd Reese (1994–2007) Mike Reinfeldt (2007–2012) Ruston Webster (2012–2015) Jon Robinson (2016–present)

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