12 Facts About Mike Maccagnan

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Mike Maccagnan served as general manager for the New York Jets of the National Football League from 2015 to 2019.

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Mike Maccagnan was notable for drafting Christian Hackenberg and having one of the worst draft records past the first round of any general manager during this time period.

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Mike Maccagnan graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut with a bachelor's degree in economics.

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Mike Maccagnan then attended Trinity-Pawling School in Pawling, NY for his postgraduate year.

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Mike Maccagnan joined the Washington Redskins scouting department as an intern during the team's training camp in 1990.

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Mike Maccagnan joined the front-office of the newly-founded World League of American Football as a league scout before becoming the director of player personnel for the London Monarchs in 1991.

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Mike Maccagnan spent one and a half seasons in the Canadian Football League as a director of scouting and player personnel for the Ottawa Rough Riders and Saskatchewan Roughriders from 1993 to 1994.

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Mike Maccagnan was reunited with the Washington Redskins as a scout from 1995 to 2000.

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Mike Maccagnan then joined the Houston Texans shortly after Charley Casserly's appointment as general manager.

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Mike Maccagnan spent 15 years with the organization, starting as a coordinator of college scouting, rising in 2011 to Director of College Scouting.

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Mike Maccagnan was hired as the general manager of the New York Jets on January 13,2015.

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Mike Maccagnan was fired by the Jets on May 15,2019, and was replaced by Joe Douglas in June.