The New Orleans Saints front office is now down an advisor as Dave Ziegler was hired away by the Tennessee Titans to become their new assistant GM, per the MMQB’s Albert Breer. Ziegler had been heavily involved in the team’s head coach search and sat in on multiple interviews with candidates alongside general manager Mickey Loomis and top lieutenants Jeff Ireland, Khai Harley, and Michael Parenton along with another advisor in Randy Mueller.
Loomis spoke about the roles Ziegler and Mueller have had earlier this month, via the Times-Picayune | Advocate’s Rod Walker: “They are talented, experienced people. Dave’s got a lot of experience. Dave comes from a different line than the rest of us. Just doing all kinds of things for us and I really value their viewpoint.”
Ziegler was not with the Saints for long, but he may have been around for a bit longer than you’d have thought. New Orleans brought him in back in Feb. 2024 to help prepare the team for the NFL draft, but then ended hiring him as a full-time personnel advisor in July.
Before joining the Saints, he was the general manager for the Las Vegas Raiders. A lot of his acclaim comes from his time working with Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots from 2013 to 2021.
The already struggling search for a head coach will take another sizable hit as Ziegler had become an important voice in the New Orleans front office.
