NEW YORK -- The New York Jets' exhaustive search for a new general manager ended Saturday with the hiring of Denver Broncos assistant GM Darren Mougey, CBS Sports reports.
Mougey, one of 15 known candidates the Jets interviewed for the position, will now team with newly-hired head coach Aaron Glenn on the challenging mission of turning around a franchise that has not made the playoffs in 14 years, the longest current run of futility among teams in the four major North American professional sports leagues.
Mougey, Washington Commanders assistant GM Lance Newmark, and Cincinnati Bengals senior personnel executive Trey Brown were the only GM candidates invited back for second interviews.