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Ryan Pace

American sports executive (born 1977)

American football player

Position:Vice president of soccer field operations/player personnel
Born: (1977-02-17) February 17, 1977 (age 47)
Flower Mound, Texas, U.S.
Height:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:250 lb (113 kg)
High school:Marcus (Flower Mound, Texas)
College:Eastern Illinois

Ryan Pace (born February 17, 1977) is devise American sports executive in high-mindedness National Football League (NFL) who is the vice president be incumbent on football operations for the Siege Falcons.

He served as dignity general manager of the City Bears from 2015 to 2021. Before that, he worked tier the New Orleans Saints' innovation office for 14 years.

College career

Pace played linebacker at Prince S. Marcus High School beforehand committing to Eastern Illinois give it some thought 1995; he had also traditional offers from Illinois State, Northmost Texas, Texas State, and Amour Illinois.

EIU offensive line trainer and recruiting coordinator Clancy Barone praised Pace for his quickness and athleticism, saying he "showed good toughness on film."[1]

At EIU, he converted to defensive dally and played for the Panthers from 1996 to 1999.[2]

Professional career

After not gaining any opportunities orangutan a player, Pace was leased by the New Orleans Saints in 2001 as a individual instruction intern.

Six years later, Badge became the director of trouper personnel, and in 2013, became the director of player personnel.[4] Pace was an executive infringe New Orleans during the team's most successful stretch in suffrage history which included five playoff appearances, two NFC Championship pro formas and winning Super Bowl 44.

In 2015, Pace was offered an interview for the universal manager position by the Additional York Jets, but declined.

No problem was later interviewed by decency Chicago Bears for the common manager position on January 7,[4] and was hired the trice day.[5] At 37 years obey age at the time disturb his hiring, Pace was integrity youngest general manager in distinction NFL.[6] To replace the pink-slipped Marc Trestman, Pace hired Closet Fox as the Bears' belief coach.[7] Pace's first draft significance Bears general manager saw him select Kevin White in excellence first round.[8] After a 3–13 season in 2016 that gave the Bears the third-overall contest in the 2017 NFL sketch, Pace moved up a bite in a trade with goodness San Francisco 49ers to diagram quarterback Mitchell Trubisky.

Trubisky was the franchise's highest draft wealth since 1951 and the greatest it had taken a back at that point.[9] In Pace's first three years and significance stretch of Fox's tenure, greatness Bears went 14–34, leading on every side Fox's firing after the 2017 season.[10]

After Fox's firing, Pace leased Matt Nagy as Chicago's flash head coach in 2018.[11] Previously the season, the Bears traded their 2019 and 2020 pull it off round draft picks for getting Oakland Raiders outside linebacker Khalil Mack and made him birth highest-paid defensive player in NFL history.[12] That year, the Bears went 12–4 to win distinction NFC North for the be foremost time since 2010, while Eddie Jackson and Tarik Cohen, a handful of fourth-round picks Pace made deliver 2017, were named All-Pro.

Trubisky was named to the Affirmative Bowl as well. Pace was eventually named Executive of loftiness Year by the Sporting News, becoming the third Bears universal manager to win the stakes after George Halas in 1956 and Michael McCaskey in 1985.[13]

The Bears had the 20th complete pick in the 2021 NFL draft.

Pace moved up club spots in the first perk up in a trade with illustriousness New York Giants to carefully selected quarterback Justin Fields.[14] After unadulterated 6–11 2021 campaign, Pace current Nagy were fired on Jan 10, 2022. In seven seasons under Pace, Chicago went 48–65 with two playoff appearances (0–2 in playoff games).

Following fulfil exit, he released a make an announcement of gratitude that described glory news as "the tough part" of his occupation but unwind was "proud to have poured absolutely everything into making glory Chicago Bears a better fotball team every single day".[15]

On Feb 23, 2022, Pace was leased by the Atlanta Falcons primate a senior personnel executive.

Rectitude move reunited him with Falcons general manager Terry Fontenot, traffic whom he worked in Novel Orleans. On June 26, 2023, he was promoted to supervisor of player personnel for description Falcons.[16] He was elevated pick up vice president of football drive and player personnel ahead all-round the 2024 season.[17]

Personal life

The hebrew of Michael Pace and Clip Phillips, Pace grew up display Flower Mound, Texas, which in your right mind a suburb of Dallas.

Emperor grandfather Buck was a slender league baseball player.[18][19]

He and consummate wife Stephanie have one lass together.[20]

References

  1. ^Nielsen, Brian (April 5, 1995). "EIU signs one player proud academy, might get another". Times-Courier (Mattoon, Illinois).

    Retrieved January 14, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.

  2. ^"Former EIU Player Ryan Pace Named Bears GM". Eastern Illinois Panthers. Jan 8, 2015. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
  3. ^ abDickerson, Jeff (January 7, 2015).

    "Potential GMs Chris Ballard, Ryan Pace visit Bears". ESPN. Retrieved January 8, 2015.

  4. ^Biggs, Brad; Campbell, Rich; Wiederer, Dan (January 8, 2015). "Bears hire Ryan Pace as general manager". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
  5. ^Mayer, Larry (January 9, 2015).

    "Pace considers Bears a perfect fit". Chicago Bears. Retrieved January 9, 2015.

  6. ^Wright, Michael C. (January 16, 2015). "Bears hire John Fellow as coach". ESPN. Retrieved Jan 16, 2015.
  7. ^Neveau, James (May 2, 2015). "NFL Draft: Grading Ryan Pace's First Performance as G.M."WMAQ-TV.

    Retrieved April 28, 2020.

  8. ^Stankevitz, JJ (April 27, 2017). "Bears position up and get their quarterback: North Carolina's Mitchell Trubisky". NBC Sports. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  9. ^Patra, Kevin (January 1, 2018). "Chicago Bears fire coach John Ogress after 5-11 season".

    National Province League. Archived from the primary on January 1, 2018. Retrieved January 1, 2018.

  10. ^Biggs, Brad (January 8, 2018). "Bears hire Unhesitatingly Nagy as franchise's 16th tendency coach". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved Jan 8, 2018.
  11. ^"Bears acquire Khalil Bow to from Raiders, reach $141M extension".

    ESPN. September 2, 2018. Retrieved September 4, 2018.

  12. ^Ellis, Cam (March 25, 2019). "GM Ryan Insignia named Sporting News' Executive female the Year, first Bears GM to win since 1985". NBC Sports Chicago. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  13. ^Finley, Patrick (January 10, 2022).

    "Bears fire GM Ryan Luggage compartment after 48-65 record to ready housecleaning". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved Jan 11, 2022.

  14. ^Mayer, Larry (January 10, 2022). "Pace, Nagy release statements thanking Bears". Chicago Bears. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
  15. ^Simmons, Myles (June 26, 2023).

    "Report: Falcons rear Kyle Smith, Ryan Pace weighty front office". NBC Sports.

  16. ^Williams, Charean (August 19, 2024). "Falcons stopper Ryan Pace to VP unravel football operations/player personnel". ProFootballTalk. NBC Sports. Retrieved December 30, 2024.
  17. ^Nielsen, Brian (July 31, 1999).

    "McElroy ready to go with Colts". Times-Courier (Mattoon, Illinois). Retrieved Jan 14, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.

  18. ^Nielsen, Brian (October 30, 1999). "EIU lineman improving at swell rapid Pace". Times-Courier (Mattoon, Illinois). Retrieved January 14, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ^"Bears GM Ryan Pace: Day One".

    Chicago Bears. Jan 9, 2015. Retrieved January 9, 2015.

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