Dennis Hickey (American football)

Dennis Hickey is the assistant director of player personnel for the New York Giants. He was previously a senior college scout for the Buffalo Bills & former general manager of the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL).

Dennis Hickey
New York Giants
Position:Assistant director of player personnel
Personal information
Born:1970 (age 52–53)
Career information
College:Coffeyville, Tulsa
Career history
As a coach:
  • Blinn Junior (1994–1995)
    Defensive backs coach & recruiting coordinator
As an executive:
As an administrator:
Career highlights and awards

Early life and early career

In 1990, Hickey failed to procure a football scholarship at the University of Tulsa.[1] Hickey instead played football for Coffeyville Community College, where he led the team to a junior college football championship.[1]

Eventually however, Hickey finally caught on with Tulsa, playing safety for the team for 3 seasons. In 1991 Tulsa finished the season 10-2.[1]

Career

NFL career

Prior to being hired by Miami, Hickey worked in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers football operations group, serving in a number of personnel roles. He worked under general managers Rich McKay, Bruce Allen and Mark Dominik and alongside head coaches Tony Dungy, Jon Gruden, Raheem Morris and Greg Schiano.[1]

On January 27, 2014, Hickey was hired by the Dolphins as their new GM.[2][3] One of his first changes upon being hired by the Dolphins was the development of a football analytics department.[4] He was fired on January 2, 2016.[5]

On May 19, 2017, Hickey was hired by the Buffalo Bills as a senior college scout.[6]

On May 9, 2022, it was announced Hickey was leaving the Bills to join the New York Giants as an assistant director of player personnel. He reunites with Joe Schoen, who worked with Hickey as a director of player personnel & assistant general manager in Miami & Buffalo, respectively.[7]

References
  1. "New Miami Dolphins GM Dennis Hickey has overcome obstacles and shown staying power". My Palm Beach Post. My Palm Beach Post. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
  2. Dolphins hire Dennis Hickey as GM
  3. Dolphins hire Dennis Hickey as new GM
  4. Dolphins GM Dennis Hickey thinks outside the box
  5. "Miami Dolphins part ways with GM Dennis Hickey". NFL.com. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  6. "Ex-Dolphins GM Dennis Hickey among five new scouts hired by Bills". buffalonews.com.
  7. "Bills losing one member of personnel department, gaining another". buffalonews.com.


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