{"id":17891,"date":"2026-05-20T22:14:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T22:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/20\/titans-hire-new-executive-vp-for-football-operations-chad-brinkers-replacement-the-tennessean\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T22:14:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T22:14:40","slug":"titans-hire-new-executive-vp-for-football-operations-chad-brinkers-replacement-the-tennessean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/20\/titans-hire-new-executive-vp-for-football-operations-chad-brinkers-replacement-the-tennessean\/","title":{"rendered":"Titans hire new executive VP for football operations, Chad Brinker's replacement – The Tennessean"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Tennessee Titans<\/a> have announced the hire of veteran NFL executive<\/a> Dave Gardi as their next executive vice president of football operations, filling the role recently vacated by former Titans<\/a> president of football operations Chad Brinker.
“We\u2019re thrilled to have Dave join us here in Nashville<\/a>,\u201d Titans GM Mike Borgonzi <\/a>said in a statement on May 20. \u201cHe\u2019s extremely respected around the NFL and brings a plethora of experience and valuable perspective, molded together by two decades at the league office, in addition to time on the club side of operations. Dave will make an immediate impact here with the Titans and we\u2019re excited to welcome him and his family to Tennessee.\u201d
Per the announcement, Gardi will oversee the departments of football administration, strategy, analytics, research, information systems, video, equipment, team operations and security. He will report directly to Borgonzi.
Prior to coming to Nashville, Gardi worked 21 years working for the NFL league office, including 10 as the NFL’s senior vice president of football operations. He spent the last two seasons as a senior vice president in the Washington Commanders<\/a> organization.
Gardi, like Borgonzi, played college football at Brown. He’s previously been involved in helping oversee the NFL’s rulebook and advised teams on matters including contracts, the salary cap and league policies.
Brinker left the Titans after three-plus years in the front office following the 2026 NFL Draft. Brinker held the title of president of football operations and reported directly to controlling owner Amy Adams Strunk in 2025 before being shifted underneath Borgonzi in the franchise operation hierarchy in Jan. 2026.
Other top decision makers in the Titans front office below Borgonzi include assistant GM Dave Ziegler, football advisor Reggie McKenzie and vice president of player personnel Dan Saganey.
Nick Suss is the Titans beat writer for The Tennessean. Contact Nick at\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>nsuss@gannett.com<\/a>. Follow Nick on X\u00a0<\/em>@nicksuss<\/a>. Subscribe to the\u00a0<\/em>Talkin\u2019 Titans newsletter<\/a>\u00a0for updates sent directly to your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Tennessee Titans have announced the hire of veteran NFL executive Dave Gardi as their next executive vice president of football operations, filling the role recently vacated by former Titans president of football operations Chad Brinker.“We\u2019re thrilled to have Dave join us here in Nashville,\u201d Titans GM Mike Borgonzi said in a statement on May […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17892,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}