Lance Newmark is an American professional football executive who is the assistant general manager for the Washington Commanders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the San Diego Mesa Olympians and San Diego Toreros before joining the NFL's San Diego Chargers as a staff assistant in 1996. Newmark later joined the Detroit Lions in 1998, working as a scout and executive in various roles for 26 seasons until joining the Commanders in 2024.

Early life

Newmark was born in La Mesa, California.[1] He played college football as a wide receiver for the San Diego Mesa Olympians for two years before transferring to the San Diego Toreros for one season.[1] He graduated from the school with a degree in social sciences.[1]

Executive career

Newmark joined the San Diego Chargers in 1996, serving two seasons under future Pro Football Hall of Famer Bobby Beathard.[2] With the Chargers, he held the position of staff assistant.[3] In 1998, he left for the Detroit Lions, where he became an assistant in the player personnel department.[1] He then became an area scout for the Lions in 1999.[1] After six years as an area scout, Newmark was promoted to national scout in 2005.[4] He worked in that position from 2005 to 2007.[1]

Newmark was promoted to assistant director of college scouting in 2008, which he served in through 2014, then to director of college scouting in 2015.[1][5] He remained with the Lions under several different general managers and received another promotion, to director of player personnel, in 2016.[1][6] By 2020, he was the Lions' longest-serving employee in the scouting department, and after general manager Bob Quinn was fired during the 2020 season, Newmark became one of three who jointly served as de facto general manager for remainder of the year along with Rob Lohman and Kyle O'Brien.[6][7] In 2022, Newmark was named senior director of player personnel.[8] The following year, the Lions reached the NFC Championship Game.

In 2024, Newmark joined the Washington Commanders as assistant general manager under Adam Peters.[8] In his first year with the Commanders, the team won 12 games with an NFC Championship appearance.[9]

Personal life

Newmark is married and has three daughters.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Lance Newmark". Washington Commanders. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  2. ^ Standig, Ben (February 14, 2024). "Dan Quinn fills out Commanders coaching staff, Lance Newmark named assistant GM". The Athletic.
  3. ^ Polacek, Scott (January 19, 2025). "Report: Raiders Target Commanders' Newmark as GM; Insiders Eye Ben Johnson Pairing". Bleacher Report.
  4. ^ Katzenstein, Josh (November 8, 2015). "New Lions scouting director's role is now in limbo". The Detroit News.
  5. ^ Birkett, Dave (January 28, 2016). "Newmark will run first draft, then stay awhile". Detroit Free Press. p. C2 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. ^ a b Birkett, Dave (December 16, 2020). "Meet The Lions GM Candidate: Lance Newmark". Detroit Free Press. p. B4 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  7. ^ Birkett, Dave (December 12, 2020). "3 internal candidates interview for GM opening". Detroit Free Press. p. B5 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  8. ^ a b Raven, Benjamin (February 16, 2024). "Head of player personnel leaves for Commanders". The Saginaw News. p. B2 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  9. ^ McCafferty, Ryan (January 21, 2025). "Washington Commanders could lose key executive to New York Jets GM opening". The Sporting News.
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