JAGUARS HIRE TRENT BAALKE AS DIRECTOR OF PLAYER PERSONNEL

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Jaguars have hired Trent Baalke as the Director of Player Personnel, the club announced today.

Baalke, a veteran of 20-plus years in the NFL, spent 12 seasons with the San Francisco 49ers (2005-16), including six seasons as the 49ers’ general manager from 2011-16. From 2017-19, Baalke worked for the NFL as a football operations consultant. 

“I have known Trent for two decades and he’ll be a valuable addition to our personnel department,” said Jaguars General Manager Dave Caldwell. “He had a lot of success during his time in San Francisco and has proven that he has a great eye for talent and constructing a team, so we’re excited for him to be a part of the organization. We look forward to welcoming Trent and his wife, Beth, to Jacksonville, and we expect him to get involved immediately as we make decisions on our current roster and approach free agency.”

In Baalke’s six years as general manager with the 49ers, San Francisco totaled a 51-44 record, earning three consecutive NFC Championship appearances from 2011-13. In 2011, Baalke earned NFL executive of the Year, as selected by Pro Football Weekly and the Pro Football Writers of America, after helping transform a 6-10 team into a 13-3 team in his first season as general manager. During Baalke’s tenure overseeing all player acquisitions, beginning as the team’s vice president of player personnel, the 49ers produced 24 All-Pro selections and 35 Pro Bowl acknowledgements.

Baalke joined the 49ers as a western region scout prior to being promoted to director of pro personnel in 2007. He spent four years with the Washington Redskins scouting staff where he served as the college scouting coordinator in his final season. From 2001-03, he served as Washington’s national scout. Baalke started his NFL career as a personnel scout with the New York Jets from 1998-2000. 

Prior to his NFL career, Baalke worked as a defensive line and strength and conditioning coach at South Dakota State from 1990-95 before working as the athletic director at Shanley High School in Fargo, N.D., in 1996 and 1997. He began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at North Dakota State in 1989 helping the team finish with a 14-0 record and Division II National Championship.

The Rosendale, Wis. native earned a bachelor’s degree in health and physical education at Bemidji State (MN) where he played outside linebacker and was an All-Northern Sun Conference and All-Midwest Region honoree. He and his wife, Beth, have two daughters, Katy and Cassie. 

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