The Washington Commanders have hired Detroit Lions senior director of player personnel Lance Newmark to be their new assistant general manager.
This is a pretty significant loss for the Lions, as Newmark had been employed with Detroit since 1998. He started as an assistant and worked his way up through the scouting program, officially holding the titles of area scout (1994-2004), national scout (05-07), assistant director of college scouting (08-14), director of college scouting (15-16), director of player personnel (16-21), before being named to his final position with the Lions.
Newmark was such a pivotal part of the Lions’ operation that he even interviewed for the team’s vacant general manager job back in 2021.