Lance Newmark
{{Short description|American football executive}}
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| current_team = Washington Commanders
| position = Assistant general manager
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| birth_place = La Mesa, California, U.S.
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- San Diego Chargers ({{NFL Year|1996|1997}})
Staff assistant - Detroit Lions ({{NFL Year|1998|2023}})
: Player personnel assistant ({{NFL Year|1998}})
: Scout ({{NFL Year|1999|2007}})
: Assistant director of college scouting ({{NFL Year|2008|2014}})
: Director of college scouting ({{NFL Year|2015|2016}})
: Director of player personnel ({{NFL Year|2016|2021}})
: Senior director of player personnel ({{NFL Year|2022|2023}})
- Washington Commanders ({{NFL Year|2024}}–present)
Assistant general manager
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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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.commanders.com/team/front-office-roster/lance-newmark|publisher=Washington Commanders|title=Lance Newmark|access-date=January 21, 2025}} 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. He graduated from the school with a degree in social sciences.
Executive career
Newmark joined the San Diego Chargers in 1996, serving two seasons under general manager Bobby Beathard.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5276433/2024/02/14/commanders-dan-quinn-coaching-staff/|website=The Athletic|title=Dan Quinn fills out Commanders coaching staff, Lance Newmark named assistant GM|author=Standig, Ben|date=February 14, 2024}} With the Chargers, he held the position of staff assistant.{{Cite web|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10151428-report-raiders-target-commanders-newmark-as-gm-insiders-eye-ben-johnson-pairing|website=Bleacher Report|title=Report: Raiders Target Commanders' Newmark as GM; Insiders Eye Ben Johnson Pairing|author=Polacek, Scott|date=January 19, 2025}} In 1998, he left for the Detroit Lions, where he became an assistant in the player personnel department. He then became an area scout for the Lions in 1999. After six years as an area scout, Newmark was promoted to national scout in 2005.{{Cite news|url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2015/11/08/new-lions-scouting-directors-job-now-limbo/75436466/|newspaper=The Detroit News|title=New Lions scouting director’s role is now in limbo|author=Katzenstein, Josh|date=November 8, 2015}} He worked in that position from 2005 to 2007.
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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press/163614855/|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|via=Newspapers.com|date=January 28, 2016|page=C2|title=Newmark will run first draft, then stay awhile|author=Birkett, Dave}} {{Open access}} He remained with the Lions under several different general managers and received another promotion, to director of player personnel, in 2016.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press/163615065/|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|via=Newspapers.com|date=December 16, 2020|page=B4|author=Birkett, Dave|title=Meet The Lions GM Candidate: Lance Newmark}} {{Open access}} 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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press/163615339/|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|via=Newspapers.com|date=December 12, 2020|page=B5|author=Birkett, Dave|title=3 internal candidates interview for GM opening}} {{Open access}} Newmark was named senior director of player personnel in 2022.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-saginaw-news/163590005/|newspaper=The Saginaw News|via=Newspapers.com|date=February 16, 2024|page=B2|title=Head of player personnel leaves for Commanders|author=Raven, Benjamin}} {{Open access}}
In 2024, Newmark joined the Washington Commanders as assistant general manager under Adam Peters.{{Cite news|url=https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/washington-commanders/news/washington-commanders-could-lose-key-executive-new-york-jets-gm-opening/448eaecf83788056408530d2|newspaper=The Sporting News|title=Washington Commanders could lose key executive to New York Jets GM opening|author=McCafferty, Ryan|date=January 21, 2025}}
Personal life
References
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External links
- [https://www.commanders.com/team/front-office-roster/lance-newmark Washington Commanders profile]
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Category:20th-century American sportsmen
Category:American football wide receivers
Category:Detroit Lions executives
Category:Players of American football from San Diego County, California
Category:San Diego Mesa Olympians football players
Category:San Diego Toreros football players
Category:Sportspeople from La Mesa, California
Category:Washington Commanders executives