David Alan Gettleman was born on February 21,1951 and is a former American football executive in the National Football League who was the senior vice president and general manager for the New York Giants from 2018 to 2021 and the Carolina Panthers from 2013 to 2017.
18 Facts About Dave Gettleman
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Dave Gettleman grew up in the Mattapan neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
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Dave Gettleman attended Boston Latin School, where he played varsity football.
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Dave Gettleman then attended Springfield College, where he earned a degree in education and played offensive tackle on the freshman football team.
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Dave Gettleman has two master's degrees: one in physical education from Southern Connecticut State in 1978, and another in sports administration from St Thomas University in 1986.
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Dave Gettleman began his football career as a teacher-coach at Spackenkill High School in Poughkeepsie, New York.
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Dave Gettleman spent a season as a volunteer assistant at Cal State Long Beach in 1979.
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Dave Gettleman joined the faculty of Kingston High School in 1982 and became the head coach in 1984, leading his team to a Section I Bowl berth.
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Dave Gettleman was hired by Bill Polian in 1986 as a scouting intern for the Buffalo Bills.
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Dave Gettleman spent the next seven years working in their scouting department before leaving to accept a scouting job with the Denver Broncos after the 1993 season.
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Dave Gettleman was responsible for scouting players from the East and Southeast regions during his four-year tenure in Denver.
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Dave Gettleman signed Plaxico Burress prior to the 2005 season, who became one of the team's best wide receivers and a star on the Super Bowl XLII team, and Antonio Pierce, who went on to have over 100 tackles each year from 2005 to 2007, as well as kicker Lawrence Tynes.
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On December 28,2017, Dave Gettleman was named as the new general manager of the New York Giants, returning to the team after six years.
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Dave Gettleman drafted Duke quarterback Daniel Jones with the sixth overall pick, ahead of Dwayne Haskins, who many observers felt was a better choice.
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At no point during Dave Gettleman's tenure did the Giants have a winning record or sit over.
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Dave Gettleman received criticism for his perceived poor draft record, including passing on several quarterbacks in the 2018 draft, trading up for Deandre Baker in the 2019 draft only to be cut the next season following his May 2020 arrest, and trading down in the 2021 draft, passing up future Pro Bowlers Micah Parsons and Rashawn Slater for wide receiver Kadarius Toney, who was traded to the Kansas City Chiefs the following season.
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Dave Gettleman was criticized for failing to fix the offensive line, and lackluster free agent signings and trades, which includes Golden Tate, who was promptly suspended, and signing Kenny Golladay to a $72-million dollar contract over four years, who struggled.
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On June 5,2018, it was announced Dave Gettleman would undergo treatment for lymphoma, which was described as being "in complete remission" that July.