- Jason Licht
Infobox NFL PlayerCoach
Name=Jason Licht
Color=LightSteelBlue
fontcolor=Black
DateOfBirth=birth date and age|1971|02|13
Birthplace=Fremont, Nebraska
College=Nebraska Wesleyan University
Position=Personnel Executive
coach=yes
coachingyears=1995
1996
1998
1999-2000
2001
2002
2003-2005
2006-2007
2008-"present"
coachingteams=Miami Dolphins
(Scouting Assistant)Miami Dolphins
(Offensive Quality Control Coach)Carolina Panthers
(Scout)New England Patriots
(College Scout)New England Patriots
(National Scout)New England Patriots
(Assistant Director of Player Personnel)Philadelphia Eagles
(Assistant Director of Player Personnel)Philadelphia Eagles
(Vice President of Player Personnel)Arizona Cardinals
(Personnel Executive)Jason Licht (pronounced IPA|) (born
February 13 ,1971 inFremont, Nebraska ) is a personnel executive for theArizona Cardinals of theNational Football League . He playedlinebacker for theUniversity of Nebraska football team as a freshman in 1989 andoffensive guard in 1991 before transferring toNebraska Wesleyan University , where he playeddefensive tackle from 1992 to 1993. In 1995, Licht was hired by then-Miami Dolphins scoutTom Heckert as a scouting assistant before serving as the Dolphins' offensive assistant/quality control coach in 1996. He then spent the 1997 season working for the college scouting agency National Football Scouting and the 1998 season in theCarolina Panthers ' scouting department. From 1999 through 2000, Licht served as a college scout for theNew England Patriots before being promoted to national scout for the 2001. He then was promoted to assistant director of player personnel in 2002, a position he held for one season before re-joining Heckert, then thePhiladelphia Eagles ' vice president of player personnel, in 2003 as the Eagles' assistant director of player personnel. [cite web|url=http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/team/FrontOfficeBio.asp?front_office_id=46&print=yes|title=Jason Licht Philadelphia Eagles Front Office Bio] Upon Heckert's promotion togeneral manager in 2006, Licht was elevated to vice president of player personnel, but was fired by the team in May 2008. [cite web|url=http://www.philly.com/inquirer/sports/20080523_Eagles__Licht_reportedly_fired.html|title=Eagles' Licht reportedly fired|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=2008-05-23|accessdate=2008-06-16] In June 2008, Licht was hired by the Arizona Cardinals as a personnel executive. [cite web|url=http://www.azcardinals.com/news/detail.php?PRKey=2399|title=Scouting Department Goes Licht|work=AZCardinals.com|first=Darren|last=Urban|date=2008-06-18|accessdate=2008-06-18]References
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