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Chiefs Announce Changes and Retentions in Player Personnel Department
May 01, 2009, 1:11:09 PM
The Kansas City Chiefs announced several changes and retentions in the club’s Player Personnel Department on Friday. Phil Emery has been named the Director of College Scouting. Jim Nagy joins the club as a regional scout, while Jay Muraco and Pat Sperduto have been added to the Chiefs personnel staff as area scouts. In addition, Rod Perry has been promoted to the post of area scout.
The Chiefs also announced that Ray Farmer has been retained as the club’s Director of Pro Personnel. Willie Davis and Terry Delp have been retained by Kansas City in their roles as area scouts, as well.
Emery enters his 29th season overall in football and his 12th campaign in the NFL. He comes the Chiefs from the Atlanta Falcons after originally joining that club as Director of College Scouting in 2004. Prior to joining the Falcons, Emery enjoyed a seven-year stint as an area scout for the Chicago Bears (’98-04). Prior to entering the NFL ranks he served as Director of Strength and Conditioning Services and as an Associate Professor at the U.S. Naval Academy (’91-98). He also enjoyed collegiate coaching stints at Tennessee, Saginaw Valley State, Georgetown College, Western Michigan and Central Michigan.
Nagy enters his first season with Kansas City as a regional scout. Prior to joining the Chiefs, he spent seven years as a scout with New England (2002-08). He also served one year as a regional scout with Washington (2001) and served as the Director of NFL Scouting for War Room Scouting, Inc. (’98-01). Nagy also worked with SFX Sports Group as a recruiting coordinator and draft consultant (’97-00). The Frankfort, Michigan native began his NFL scouting career as an intern with Green Bay in ‘96.
Muraco joins the Chiefs as an area scout after spending the previous nine seasons with New England as College Scouting Coordinator (2000-08). Prior to working for the Patriots, he spent four seasons in the scouting department with Philadelphia (’96-99). He began his longtime association with Chiefs General Manager Scott Pioli as a volunteer in the personnel department with Cleveland (’92-95). The Kent State graduate interned with the San Diego personnel department during training camp in ‘92.
Perry enters his second season with the Chiefs personnel department and his first as an area scout in 2009. He began his collegiate career playing football and baseball at Southern California, where he was a member of the Trojans NCAA baseball championship squad in ‘98. He concluded his collegiate career at Penn State. Perry was a 12th-round draft pick of the Philadelphia Phillies and spent four years in the Phillies farm system. He was on the roster of the St. Louis Rams in 2004 as a wide receiver, served as a graduate assistant on the Wisconsin football staff in 2005 and interned in the Cleveland personnel department in 2007.
Sperduto enters his initial campaign as an area scout with Kansas City in 2009. He served two separate stints as the head coach of the Nashville Kats of the Arena Football League (’99-01 and 2005-07). During his tenure in the Arena Football League, he also worked in the Tennessee Titans personnel department as a scout. Sperduto won a pair of Arena League titles as a player with the Tampa Bay Storm. He began his association with Pioli when the two coached together at Murray State in ‘91.