The Chicago Bears put in an interview request for Joe Schoen, the current Assistant General Manager for the Buffalo Bills. Schoen has been a popular candidate and he has been considered a favorite for the New York Giants GM job as well. What makes Schoen such an interesting fit?
Joe Schoen an example of a person making opportunities for himself. Schoen took an internship in 2001 to work in the ticket office. He used that internship to develop a relationship with Brandon Beane. Beane was just a scouting staff at the time but eventually would go on to be the Bills’ GM.
Schoen had a great relationship with Beane who helped him get an internship during training camp. Schoen took that and turned it into a football operations job and spent 2001-2007 on the scouting side of the front office.
His work over that time helped him get a promotion with the Miami Dolphins in 2008 as a national scout. He was hired by Bill Parcells.
Schoen was with the fins from 2008-13 as a national scout, then stayed with the team from 2014-17 with a promotion to director of player personnel.
After nearly a decade in Miami, he was reunited with his buddy Brandon Beane in 2018. Beane was hired to be the Bills GM, and he brought Schoen over from the Dolphins to be his assistant General Manager.
The Carolina Panthers and Buffalo Bills have been built in similar manners over the past years with many names sharing organizations. Schoen is one and while he is a Brandon Beane protege, it helps to have the name Bill Parcells on his resume.
It is also impressive that Schoen turned an internship into all of this, and it shows how he must be able to leave an impact on people. Beane hired him as a kid out of college with limited experience, and then a decade later brought him into his new job.
Working the business side as an intern, getting into scouting, and then taking that into a role of player personnel shows the climb and well-roundedness of a person who has worked all sides of football.
It is no surprise that Joe Schoen is a notable candidate, and based on the way he rises, you have to assume he is also a great interview.