Jim Nagy - General Manager for Football - Football Support Staff

Jim Nagy

Title:
General Manager for Football

Key OU Responsibilities
• Lead the strategic and operational functions of Oklahoma’s football roster construction and operations.

• Work as a peer partner to the head coach to assemble a team that reflects the program’s identity, values, goals and style of play, and translates the head coach’s vision into actionable roster-building strategies.

• Design and oversee financial strategies to allocate revenue-sharing and NIL assets and opportunities effectively to support roster building and player compensation.

• Oversee a specialized and professionalized scouting department with distinct roles for high school and transfer portal recruiting.

• Lead player evaluation processes, ensuring an objective and accurate talent assessment to ?t the program’s needs.

• Monitor emerging trends and innovations in player evaluation to maintain a competitive edge regarding technology and data collection.

• Manage the day-to-day operations of the football program, including budgeting, resource allocation and compliance with NCAA and SEC rules and bylaws, University policy and all other governing bodies and regulations.

• Serve as the liaison between the football program and other university departments (compliance, academics, facilities, etc.).

• Collaborate with university leadership to align football operations with the institution’s athletics department and its academic goals.

• Establish relationships with key stakeholders, including boosters, alumni, and other external partners.

Professional Notes and Accomplishments
• From 2018-25, Nagy served as executive director of the Senior Bowl, the nation’s most prestigious college all-star game that showcases draft-eligible college football players, and was responsible for the identification, evaluation, recruitment and selection of the top NFL prospects to be invited to the game.

• Oversaw unprecedented growth of the Senior Bowl in all areas, including tripling sponsorship revenue, adding community service events (such as the Thanksgiving Turkey Bowl), creating a true football operation staffed with former NFL scouts and increasing draftable numbers from the game by an average of 30 players per year (compared to five-year span prior to his arrival).

• In his role with the Senior Bowl, he cultivated relationships across college football, the agent community and all 32 NFL front offices. In the past five game cycles, the Senior Bowl produced more than 100 drafted players each year, representing more than 40% of those NFL Draft classes. In the 2024 draft, the Senior Bowl had a record 110 total selections, including 45 of the top 100 players and 10 first-round picks.

• Nagy’s Senior Bowl media responsibilities included serving as an NFL Draft analyst for ESPN (2019-22) and regular appearances on NFL Network, including “Good Morning Football” and stand-alone Senior Bowl shows “Roster Reveal” and “Game Week Recap Show.”

• For 17 years prior to directing the Senior Bowl, Nagy served in various scouting capacities with the then-Washington Redskins, New England Patriots, Kansas City Chiefs and Seattle Seahawks.

• During his time in the NFL, Nagy’s teams played in six Super Bowls and won four of them. The six appearances came with the Green Bay Packers (won in 1996 season; intern), New England Patriots (won in 2003 and ’04 seasons, lost in 2007 season) and Seattle Seahawks (won in 2013 season and lost in 2014 season).

• Graduated from the University of Michigan in 1996 with a bachelor’s degree in sports management and communications. He was named a UM Distinguished Alumnus in 2019.