Brandon Hunt is an American football executive who is a front office executive for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). Prior to serving with the Eagles, Hunt served with both the Pittsburgh Steelers and Houston Texans.
| Philadelphia Eagles | |
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| Position: | Front office executive |
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| Born: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Pine-Richland |
| College: | IUP |
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Early life
editHunt was born in Los Angeles but was raised in Pittsburgh and attended Pine-Richland High School. He also attended Indiana University of Pennsylvania where he was also a graduate assistant.[1]
Front office career
editPittsburgh Steelers (2005-06)
editAfter serving at IUP as a graduate assistant for a year, Hunt joined the steelers organization as an Intern.[2]
Houston Texans (2007-2009)
editAfter his internship, the Texans hired him as Pro Scout.[3]
Back at Pittsburgh (2009-2022)
editHe was promoted and left for Pittsburgh to be the Pro Scouting Coordinator. A position he served for more than a decade under Kevin Colbert where he was very influential.[4]
Philadelphia Eagles (2022-present)
editAfter Steelers' General Manager Kevin Colbert resigned and Omar Khan was selected as his replacement instead of Hunt, Hunt joined the Philadelphia Eagles under Howie Roseman to serve as director of scouting.[5] On June 9, 2024, Hunt was promoted to the role of senior director of scouting.[6]
Personal life
editHunt is married and has two sons. They live in Pittsburgh.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Steelers, Pittsburgh. "STEELERS DIRECTORY" (PDF). Retrieved May 27, 2022.
- ^ Farabaugh, Nick (2022-01-28). "Rooney: GM Candidate Brandon Hunt 'Knows the Steelers Way'". Steelers Now. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
- ^ Kozora, Alex (2022-05-19). "Steelers Complete Interview With Brandon Hunt For GM Job". Steelers Depot. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
- ^ "Texans scout Hunt takes job with Steelers". www.houstontexans.com. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
- ^ "Former Steelers' scouting director to join Eagles". RSN. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
- ^ "Eagles Announce Numerous Updates To Front Office". profootballrumors.com. Retrieved June 11, 2024.