14 Facts About Thomas Dimitroff

Thomas Dimitroff served as the general manager of the Atlanta Falcons from 2008 to 2020.

Thomas Dimitroff joined the Patriots in 2002 as a national scout before being named director of college scouting a year later.

Thomas Dimitroff is the son of former football player and coach Tom Dimitroff Sr.

Thomas Dimitroff grew up moving from state to state in the US, but eventually settled in Canada, where his father was a football coach with the Ottawa Rough Riders, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, and the University of Guelph in Ontario.

In 1983, Thomas Dimitroff served as an equipment manager for the Guelph football team.

Thomas Dimitroff graduated from Guelph with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1990.

Thomas Dimitroff then considered leaving the football world, but instead he went back to the United States, where he joined the Cleveland Browns' grounds crew; his father was a scout for the team at the time.

In 1994, Thomas Dimitroff became a full-time area scout for the Detroit Lions, a position he held through 1997.

Thomas Dimitroff then held a similar college scouting position with the Browns from 1998 through 2001.

In 2002, Thomas Dimitroff re-joined Belichick and Pioli with the New England Patriots as a national scout.

Thomas Dimitroff spent the season reporting on the nation's top prospects before being promoted to director of college scouting on June 11,2003.

Thomas Dimitroff oversaw the team's college scouting operations through the 2007 season, with future general managers Bob Quinn, Jon Robinson, and Adam Peters working under him.

Thomas Dimitroff was named the 2010 NFL Executive of the Year by the Sporting News, his second time receiving the award.

In January 2022, Thomas Dimitroff began working alongside American billionaire hedge fund manager, Paul Tudor Jones, and his son, Jack Jones, to create a football analytics company named SumerSports and holds the position of President of Football Operations.