During the introductory press conference for new Jaguars head coach Urban Meyer, owner Shad Khan stated that the team would ideally have a new general manager by a week or so. Today, the team announced the hire, officially removing the “interim” tag off of Trent Baalke, naming him the team’s new general manager moving forward.
“Trent Baalke has had success at virtually every level of football, notably so as a general manager who shrewdly and quickly built an NFL conference championship organization and team,” said Jacksonville Jaguars Owner Shad Khan.
“That experience inspired us to recruit Trent to Jacksonville a year ago to serve as our director of player personnel and is one of many reasons why we are naming Trent as the new general manager of the Jacksonville Jaguars.