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 in Fremont, Nebraska) is a personnel executive for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League. He played linebacker for the University of Nebraska football team as a freshman in 1989 and offensive guard in 1991 before transferring to Nebraska Wesleyan University, where he played defensive tackle from 1992 to 1993. In 1995, Licht was hired by then-Miami Dolphins scout Tom 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 the Carolina Panthers' scouting department. From 1999 through 2000, Licht served as a college scout for the New 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 the Philadelphia 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 to general 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]

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