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AMY ADAMS STRUNK
CONTROLLING OWNER/ BOARD OF DIRECTORS CO-CHAIRMAN
Amy Adams Strunk is the Controlling Owner of the Tennessee Titans. She assumed the role of controlling owner in March 2015 and also serves as co-chairman of the franchise’s Board of Directors.
Daughter of Titans franchise founder K.S. “Bud” Adams, Jr., Adams Strunk was raised on football and is proud of her father’s role in co-founding the American Football League and the decades of leadership he provided within the National Football League. Her goal is to build upon that legacy and establish the Titans as one of the league’s elite franchises.
In her time as controlling owner, Adams Strunk transformed the franchise. The Titans went from a three-win team in 2015 to posting six consecutive winning seasons (2016-21), a trip to the AFC Championship game in 2019, back-to-back division titles (2020, 2021), and the top seed in the AFC in the 2021 NFL Playoffs.
Adams Strunk’s dedication to enabling a modern, innovative business has facilitated significant growth in the organization’s staff, increasing by over 150 percent since 2015. Over the years, she has committed significant resources to upgrade Nissan Stadium and the team’s headquarters, Ascension SaintThomasSportsPark.In2023,herdirection was instrumental in state and local government approval of a new, enclosed stadium on the east bank of the Cumberland River, which is slated to open in 2027.
In the spring of 2018, she collaborated with Nashville city officials to secure the 2019 NFL Draft for downtown Nashville. The Titans and the NFL transformed lower Broadway into one of the most dynamic and successful drafts in NFL history. Impactingcommunitieshasalso been animportant centerpiece of her ownership tenure, with both monetary and in-kind donations pledged to the Waverly community after its 2021 flooding disaster, tornado relief to Middle Tennessee in 2022, local business support during the effects of COVID-19, and a number of other causes benefitting the Nashville and greater Tennessee communities.
A graduate of the University of Texas with a degree in history, Adams Strunk is an avid horse enthusiast whose other interests include farming, ranching, tennis, and a variety of other outdoor activities. She is married to her husband, Bill. She has three children, Tracy, Tommy, and Blanche, who are all avid sports fans and outdoor enthusiasts.
BURKE NIHILL
PRESIDENT AND CEO
Burke Nihill is President and Chief Executive Officer for the Tennessee Titans. During his time with the Titans, Nihill has overseen the team’s bid for Nashville’s record-breaking 2019 NFL Draft; the expansion and renovation of Ascension Saint Thomas Sports Park, the Titans practice facility; and the approval, design, and construction of the team’s new, enclosed stadium as the anchor of a transformational new town center on Nashville’s East Bank.
Among his first projects as CEO, Nihill led the team’s development of a new mission statement – “Win, Serve, Entertain” – which has become a centering statement for
the franchise. The statement guides strategy and decision-making throughout the organization, from the football team and content creators to human resources and fan engagement.
In his previous roles with the team, Burke led the club’s legal and human resources functions and worked on club initiatives related to state and local government, company culture, and general business planning and strategy for both the Titans and Nissan Stadium.
Before joiningtheTitans,Burkeworkedinvariouslegaland management roles across a range of industries, including technology, big-box retail and professional services.
Nihill was recently named ‘Most Admired CEO’ by the Nashville Business Journal. He also serves on the Board of Directors at the United Way of Greater Nashville, Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp., Belmont University, Nashville Chamber of Commerce, and Nashville Major Events Committee. He resides in the Nashville area with his wife, Holly, and their three children.
CHAD BRINKER
PRESIDENT, FOOTBALL OPERATIONS
Chad Brinker serves as President of Football Operations for the Tennessee Titans. He joined the Titans in 2023 as Assistant General Manager before being promoted to his current position in 2024. As President of Football Operations, Brinker provides executive leadership and direct oversight for the entire football staff, reporting directly to Titans Controlling Owner Amy Adams Strunk.
Since his arrival in Tennessee, Brinker’s progressive approach has led to several initiatives aimed at moving the organization forward. He spearheaded the club’s extensive search for a new general manager in 2025, resulting in the hiring of Mike Borgonzi. Brinker was also a pillar in the team’s comprehensive search for Head Coach Brian Callahan in 2024. Additionally, he reshaped and refined the foundation of the
team’s analytics department from the ground up, while building and executing the 2024 and 2025 offseason strategies for player acquisitions in both free agency and the draft.
An NFL personnel veteran, Brinker embodies core strengths focused in executive leadership, strategic operations, financial analysis, and talent evaluation. His dual background in football operations merged with a business acumen gained from an MBA at NorthwesternUniversity’sKelloggSchool of Management further developed his skills as a team builder and strategic leader both on and off the field.
Prior to joining the Titans, Brinker spent 13 years with the Green Bay Packers in a variety of roles as a talent evaluator and strategic counselor to Packers leadership. In his initial season with the Packers, he collected his first Super Bowl championship when the team defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLV.
Throughout his experience with the Packers, he served as a pro and college scout; led strategy for unrestricted free agency and undrafted free agent processes; handled player contracts, salary cap administration, and roster management; and advised the General Manager and Executive Vice President of Football Operations on team needs in free agency and drafts, always with an eye on longterm vision. The Packers won the NFC North Division eight times and drafted 13 Pro Bowl Players during his tenure.
Brinker also owns corporate business experience with two Fortune 100 companies in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries.
He serves as an Executive Council Member on the Freed-Hardeman University President’s Council and has shared his expertise as a guest lecturer in the Sports Marketing program at Freed-Hardeman and the Sports Administration program at his alma mater, Ohio University.
A native of Martins Ferry, Ohio, Brinker first entered the NFL in 2003 as an undrafted free agent running back with the New York Jets. He holds two degrees from Ohio University, including a master’s degree in sports administration, where he was a two-sport athlete and a twotime All-Mid-American Conference selection at running back. He was also selected as Ohio University’s Male Athlete of the Year in 2003.
Brinker and his wife, Rachelle, have three children. In addition to prioritizing time with his family, he enjoys reading, teaching, traveling, and spending time outdoors.
CHAD BRINKER’S TIMELINE
EXECUTIVE TIMELINE
2024-25: President of Football Operations – Tennessee Titans
2023: Assistant General Manager – Tennessee Titans
2021-22: Personnel/Football Administration Executive –Green Bay Packers
2018-20: Assistant Director of Pro Scouting/Salary Cap Anaylst –Green Bay Packers
2012-17: Pro Scout – Green Bay Packers
2010-11: Scouting Assistant – Green Bay Packers
2009: Scouting Intern – Green Bay Packers
PLAYING TIMELINE
2004: Cologne Centurions – NFL Europe
2003-04: New York Jets
1998-02: Ohio University
EDUCATION
2021: Northwestern University – Master of Business Administration at the Kellogg School of Management
2014: Ohio University – Master of Sports Administration
2003: Ohio University – Bachelor of Specialized Studies
ADOLPHO BIRCH III
SENIOR
VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXTERNAL & LEAGUE AFFAIRS OFFICER
Adolpho Birch is Senior Vice President and Chief External & League Affairs Officer for the Tennessee Titans. Birch is tasked with enhancing the team’s Community Impact footprint. He also serves a key role in the advancement of the New Nissan Stadium and overall development along the city’s East Bank.
Prior to joining the Titans, Birch served as an advisor to Commissioners Paul Tagliabue and Roger Goodell, holding multiple senior-level roles during his 23-year tenure at the NFL. He oversaw the negotiation and enforcement of policies critical to the integrity of the game, in addition to the advancement of legislative efforts on key issues such as youth concussion prevention and treatment, the league’s tax status and the FCC’s blackout rule. Leading the NFL’s player engagement efforts, he focused on continuing education, financial education, career development and clinical assistance designed to support player and employee off-field success.
Birch serves on several professional and philanthropic boards, including the Vanderbilt University Board of Trust; Sports Lawyers Association; Nashville Ballet; Partnership Tennessee; Tennessee Access to Justice Commission. He was named a ‘Best of the Bar’ honoree by the Nashville Business Journal for the past four consecutive years.
HALEY DAVIDSON
CHIEF OF
STAFF
Haley Davidson serves as Chief of Staff for the Tennessee Titans. Davidson oversees many facets of the organization, driving alignment across various workstreams and leading the Strategic Operations, Communications, and ONE Community teams. She also plays a key role in the planning, vision, strategy, and development for the New Nissan Stadium.
Previously,Davidsonspentmorethan a decadeinstrategic communications. Most recently, Davidson served as the Chief Operating Officer for Nashville-based consulting firm, Calvert Street Group, supporting many government affairs projects and largescale development efforts throughout the city and state. Prior to her time at Calvert Street, she served as a communications aide for former U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper.
Haley serves on the board of the Nashville Downtown Partnership.
ANDREW MCINTYRE
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
Andrew joined the Tennessee Titans in July of 2024 as Senior Vice President of Technology & Innovation. Andrew is responsible for the Information Technology and Audio Visual & Broadcast Technology departments supporting the Titans, Nissan Stadium, Ascension Saint Thomas Sports Park and the Titans House.
Prior to joining the Titans, Andrew spent five years with the Vinik Sports Group (VSG) as Senior Vice President of Technology & Innovation. VSG creates world-class experiences that grow brands, drive revenue, and impact the Tampa community. It is the parent company of the Tampa Bay Lightning and Amalie Arena, Tampa Bay Entertainment Properties, and marketing rightsholder for University of South Florida Athletics and Yuengling Center. As the leader of Technology & Innovation practice, Andrew’s responsibilities include technology infrastructure & operations, audio visual & technical production,andsoftwaredevelopment. VSG leveragesthese competencies to support their operations throughout Tampa Bay.
Before joining VSG, Andrew spent the previous eight years with the Chicago Cubs. Andrew was responsible for software development and system implementation for enterprise business applications as well as the technology infrastructure and operations across Wrigley Field and the Chicago campus, the spring training facility in Mesa AZ, and the training academy in the Dominican Republic.
Andrew graduated from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and earned a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
SHANNON MYERS
SENIOR VICE
PRESIDENT
AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Shannon Myers is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for the Tennessee Titans.
Myers oversees the financial operations, the Legal team, as well as the People and Culture team, which focuses on employee engagement and development and compensation administration, while ensuring the club prioritizes diversity, equity, and inclusion. Myers also serves as the executive sponsor for the Titans Professional Women’s Network and the Sustainability Committee.
Prior to joining the club, Myers worked in public accounting with Ernst & Young (EY) in Nashville for over 10 years. As an Assurance Senior Manager with EY, she advised clients on technical accounting issues,financialreportingrequirements,processimprovement opportunities, and strengthening internal controls. While at EY, she held several leadership roles including co-leading the Nashville ProfessionalWomen’sNetwork,founding/leadingtheNashville Working Mom’s Network, and more.
Myers also serves as a board member for the Adventure Science Center, as well as participates in its Development and Executive Committees.
ADAM NUSE
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER
Adam Nuse is Senior Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer for the Tennessee Titans. Nuse leads many of the team’s revenue generating areas, including Ticketing, Titans House, and Client Services & Hospitality. He also serves a key role in the development and vision of the New Nissan Stadium.
Prior to joining the Titans in 2021, Nuse spent five seasons as General Manager and Chief Operating Officer of the Nashville Sounds, overseeing all day-to-day operations related to the organization. Under his leadership, the Sounds broke attendance records and were regularly recognized by industry publications as leaders in operational excellence and fan experience. In 2019, Baseball America awarded the Sounds with its prestigious Freitas Award in recognition of the club’s community involvement, long-term business success and consistent operational excellence.
NusecurrentlyservesontheNationalSportsForumSteering Committee,NashvilleSportsAuthority’sWomen’sProfessional Sports Committee, as well as the board of directors for Boy Scouts of America of Middle Tennessee, Wichita State University Barton School of Marketing, Western Kentucky University Sports Management, and the Bowling Green East Little League.
ERIN SWARTZ
SENIOR VICE
PRESIDENT, BRAND
MARKETING
Erin Swartz serves as Senior Vice President of Brand Marketing for the Tennessee Titans. Overseeing the Creative, Marketing, Fan Engagement, and Cause Marketing teams, Erin leads the strategy and execution of the Titans’ brand vision across all fan touchpoints. She plays a central role in unifying the team’s identity locally in Tennessee and extending its presence across the NFL landscape.
Before joining the Titans, Swartz built a successful career in brand and marketing within the NFL and broader entertainment industry. Her experience includes leading creative and strategic efforts that have helped shape and grow team identities, deepen fan engagement, and deliver memorable brand experiences. She brings a fan-first mindset and a passion for creating meaningful, consistent brand experiences. Erin lives in Franklin with her husband and three sons. Their family enjoys exploring Nashville’s food and music scene.
DAN WERLY
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Dan Werly is a Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for the Tennessee Titans. Werly oversees Strategy & Analytics and the construction and operation of New Nissan Stadium. He also plays a key role in the vision and development of the New Stadium.
Prior to joining the Titans, Werly was the first General Counsel of Major League Soccer’s Nashville Soccer Club and worked at several law firms, primarily focusing on representing professional sports teams and leagues.
He sits on the board of W.O. Smith School of Music and the Pedigree Foundation and is on the Advisory Board of the American Bar Association’s Sports Division. He also served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Vanderbilt University Law School and Charleston School of Law.
MIKE BORGONZI
GENERAL MANAGER
Mike Borgonzi was named the 15th General Manager in franchise history on Jan. 17, 2025.
Borgonzi arrived in Tennessee with 16 years of experience with the Kansas City Chiefs. During his final four seasons in Kansas City, he served as Assistant General Manager.
“Mike’s experience speaks for itself: he has been part of the core team that delivered five AFC championships and three Super Bowls over the past six seasons,” said Titans Controlling Owner Amy Adams Strunk. “It’s the type of standard I want to build here in Tennessee. I know we have a lot of work ahead of us, and I’m excited for Mike to get started.”
“During Mike’s 16 years in the league, he has been a key part of transforming the Chiefs from a two-win team to a three-time Super Bowl champion,” said Titans President of Football Operations Chad Brinker. “During our meetings, he
articulated a clear plan to build a championship standard in Nashville through consistency, discipline and hard work. I’ve admired him for many years and I’m thrilled to add him to the team as our general manager.”
During Borgonzi’s time in Kansas City, he contributed to 12 playoff seasons (2010, 2013, 2015-24) and 10 AFC West titles (2010, 201624). Borgonzi helped construct a roster over a five-season span that won the AFC five times (2019-20, 2022-24) and captured three Super Bowl championships (2019, 2022-23).
For the last eight seasons (2017-24), Borgonzi worked under Chiefs General Manager Brett Veach. As the Assistant General Manager from 2021 through 2024, he supervised and directed the college andprofessionalscoutingoperationswhilecloselysupporting and advising Veach with the club’s roster management and player acquisition via the NFL Draft, free agency, waiver claims and trades. During his four seasons as Assistant General Manager, the Chiefs built a league-best 52-16 regular-season record (.765). In the same four-year span, 10 different Kansas City players earned a combined 23 Pro Bowl selections: tackle Orlando Brown Jr. (2021-22), wide receiver Tyreek Hill (2021), center Creed Humphrey (2022-24), defensive tackle Chris Jones (2021-24), tight end Travis Kelce (202124), quarterback Patrick Mahomes (2021-23), safety Tyrann Mathieu (2021), guard Trey Smith (2024), guard Joe Thuney (2022-24) and punter Tommy Townsend (2022).
The Chiefs entered the 2024 postseason after capturing their ninth consecutive AFC West crown. They tied the Detroit Lions for the NFL’s best record at 15-2, setting a franchise record for wins in a regular season and securing the AFC’s top seed. Twenty original Chiefs draft picks started at least six games for the team during the 2024 regular season. Kansas City had five players voted to the Pro Bowl, marking the seventh consecutive year in which it had at least five players earn the honor.
Prior to his promotion to Assistant General Manager, Borgonzi served as Director of Football Operations (2018-20), Director of Player Personnel (2017), Co-Director of Player Personnel (2015-16), Assistant Director of Pro Scouting (2013-14), Pro Personnel Scout (2011-12) and Manager of Football Operations (2010). He joined the Chiefs in 2009 as the club’s College Scouting Administrator.
Before landing in the NFL with the Chiefs, Borgonzi spent the 2007 and 2008 seasons at Boston College, where he was the Assistant Recruiting Coordinator. He also coached tight ends at Amherst College in 2002 before working in the financial sector in Boston for several years.
A native of Everett, Mass., Borgonzi graduated from Brown University, where he was a four-year starter at fullback and was a three-time AllIvy League selection.
He and his wife, Jill, have a son, Joseph, and a daughter, Nina. His brother, Dave, has served as the Linebackers Coach for the Indianapolis Colts and Chicago Bears and currently serves as the Linebackers Coach for the Dallas Cowboys.
MIKE BORGONZI’S TIMELINE
EXECUTIVE TIMELINE
2025: General Manager – Tennessee Titans
2021-24: Assistant General Manager – Kansas City Chiefs
2018-20: Director of Football Operations – Kansas City Chiefs
2017: Director of Player Personnel – Kansas City Chiefs
2015-16: Co-Director of Player Personnel – Kansas City Chiefs
2013-14: Assistant Director of Pro Scouting – Kansas City Chiefs
2011-12: Pro Personnel Scout – Kansas City Chiefs
2010: Manager of Football Operations – Kansas City Chiefs
2009: College Scouting Administrator – Kansas City Chiefs
2007-08: Assistant Recruiting Coordinator – Boston College
COACHING TIMELINE
2002: Tight Ends – Amherst College
PLAYING TIMELINE
1998-01: Fullback – Brown University
BRIAN CALLAHAN
HEAD COACH
Brian Callahan enters his second season with the Titans in 2025. He was hired as the 20th head coach in franchise history on Jan. 24, 2024. Callahan arrived in Tennessee with 18 total years of coaching experience and 14 years of NFL coaching experience, including the previous five seasons (2019-23) as the offensive coordinator for the Cincinnati Bengals.
During his first season as head coach, Callahan guided a team that underwent significant personnel changes from 2023 to 2024. In Week 1, 11 players started for the team who were added during the 2024 offseason—five players on offense and six on defense. Two of those players on offense, running back Tony Pollard (1,079 rushing yards) and wide receiver Calvin Ridley (1,017 receiving yards), went on to produce 1,000-yard seasons rushing and receiving, respectively.
All seven members of the Titans’ 2024 draft class saw action in at least seven games as rookies. First-rounder JC Latham was the NFL’s only rookie in 2024 to start 17 games at left tackle, while second-rounder T’Vondre Sweat appeared in every game and led all rookie defensive linemen in defensive snaps (667). Fifth-round cornerback Jarvis Brownlee Jr. was one of five NFL rookie defensive backs to start at least 14 games in 2024.
During his time in Cincinnati, Callahan served under head coach Zac Taylor and was part of two AFC North titles, two AFC Championship appearances and a Super Bowl berth. He also helped guide
quarterback Joe Burrow from the No. 1 overall draft pick in 2020 to multiple single-season franchise records by his second year and Pro Bowl honors within three years.
“Brian has a track record of success and a range of experience that has prepared him for this opportunity,” said Titans controlling owner Amy Adams Strunk at the time he was hired. “His football knowledge and his enthusiasm for the game really stand out, and beyond that, we think his ability to lead will make him the ideal fit for our franchise.
“If you look at his history, Brian has been a part of a Super Bowl winning team (Denver, 2015) and two other teams that advanced to the Super Bowl (Denver, 2013; Cincinnati, 2021). He’s worked in a variety of dynamic offenses with top-flight quarterbacks. At each step of his career, he’s shown the flexibility and intelligence to make an impact.
“During his time with the Bengals, he was trusted with a number of responsibilities—offensive design, quarterback development, a contributor to the free agency and draft processes—and showed the ability to be a resource in all of those areas. As we seek sustained success and pursue a championship, Brian has seen firsthand what that looks like, and he is the right person to lead us there.”
In the three seasons (2021-23) prior to Callahan joining the Titans, the Bengals offense ranked in the NFL’s top 10 in several categories: sixth in scoring (24.9), seventh in passing (250.8 yards per game),
seventh in red-zone efficiency (61.5 percent), 10th in third-down percentage (41.0) and sixth in time of possession (31:00).
From the time Burrow entered the NFL in 2020 through the 2023 campaign, he recorded the league’s seventh-best passer rating (98.6) and tied for the third-best completion percentage (68.0). His 270.8 passing yards per game in that period ranked fifth.
Additionally, Cincinnati’s offense under Callahan featured a trio of 1,000-yard wide receivers in Ja’Marr Chase (2021-23), Tee Higgins (2021-22) and Tyler Boyd (2019). Chase quickly emerged as one of the NFL’s top wide receivers after being drafted in the first round in 2021. He earned three consecutive Pro Bowl nods and became the eighth player in NFL history to reach 1,000 receiving yards in each of his first three career seasons, including 1,216 yards on a careerhigh 100 receptions in 2023. Boyd’s statistical highlights included 1,046 receiving yards in 2019, while Higgins contributed 1,091 yards in 2021 and 1,029 yards in 2022.
Bengals running back Joe Mixon exceeded 1,000 scrimmage yards four times in five seasons with Callahan as his offensive coordinator. From 2019 through 2023, he joined Christian McCaffrey and Aaron Jones as the NFL’s only players with at least 4,500 rushing yards (4,618) and 1,500 receiving yards (1,556). Mixon was named to the Pro Bowl in 2021.
In 2023, Burrow was limited to 10 total games due to multiple injuries. Backup Jake Browning stepped into the lineup, and in the first action of his career, he registered a season passer rating of 98.4—qualifying as the seventh-best number in the NFL.
In 2022, the Bengals ranked seventh in the NFL in points per game (26.1), eighth in total offense (360.5 yards per game) and fifth in passing offense (265.0). Burrow earned his first career Pro Bowl selection while setting single-season franchise records for completions (414) and touchdown passes (35). The third-year signal caller also placed fifth in the NFL with 4,475 passing yards. The team’s new-look offensive line came together during the season and did not allow more than two sacks in any of the final eight games of the regular season.
En route to an appearance in Super Bowl LVI, the 2021 Bengals ranked seventh in passing offense (259.0 yards per game) and tied for seventh in points per game (27.1). Burrow, after returning from a knee injury suffered in 2020, led the NFL in completion percentage (70.4) and established single-season Bengals records for passing yards (4,611) and passer rating (108.3). Chase was named the AP Offensive Rookie of the Year after posting a team-record 1,455 receiving yards, while Mixon placed third in the NFL in rushing yards (1,205).
In 2020, Callahan helped develop Burrow as a rookie despite facing the challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, including the cancellation of all in-person NFL offseason programs. Before a knee injury ended his rookie campaign in Week 11, Burrow’s 264
completions were the most ever by an NFL quarterback through his first 10 career games, while his 2,688 passing yards were fifth.
CallahanjoinedtheBengals after spending 2018 asthe quarterbacks coach for the Oakland Raiders. Under his tutelage, Raiders quarterback Derek Carr passed for a then-career-high 4,049 yards and led the AFC with a 68.9 completion percentage. From 2016 to 2017, Callahan was the quarterbacks coach for the Detroit Lions. Working with Matthew Stafford, he helped the veteran finish third in passing yards (4,446) and fourth in passing touchdowns (29) in 2017, while posting a then-career-best 99.3 passer rating. In 2016, Stafford’s eight game-winning drives were the most by a quarterback in a season since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger.
Callahan broke into the NFL with the Denver Broncos in 2010 and served in multiple roles for the franchise through 2015. He began as a coaching assistant (2010) before transitioning to offensive quality control coach (2011-12), offensive assistant coach (201314) and finally offensive assistant/quarterbacks coach (2015). In 2013, Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning won the AP NFL MVP award after completing a league-record 55 touchdown passes. Callahan’s tenure in Denver was capped by the team’s victory in Super Bowl 50 following the 2015 campaign.
Before reaching the NFL, Callahan spent time at his alma mater, UCLA, as a graduate assistant in 2006 and 2007. He then spent two years (2008-09) as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for Junipero Serra High School in San Mateo, Calif.
As a former walk-on quarterback at UCLA, he appeared in 13 games as a holder on PATs. He earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology in 2006 and added a master’s in education in 2008.
Born in Champaign, Ill., Callahan attended De La Salle High School in Concord, Calif., where he was a part of the school’s nationalrecord 151-game winning streak and a No. 1 national ranking.
He and his wife, Allyson, have a son, Ronan, and a daughter, Norah. He is the son of longtime NFL coach Bill Callahan, the current offensive line coach with the Titans.
BRIAN CALLAHAN’S TIMELINE
COACHING TIMELINE
2024-25: Head Coach – Tennessee Titans
2019-23: Offensive Coordinator – Cincinnati Bengals
2018: Quarterbacks Coach – Oakland Raiders
2016-17: Quarterbacks Coach – Detroit Lions
2015: Offensive Assistant/Quarterbacks Coach – Denver Broncos
2013-14: Offensive Assistant – Denver Broncos
2011-12: Offensive Quality Control – Denver Broncos
2010: Coaching Assistant – Denver Broncos
2008-09: Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach –Junipero Serra High School
2006-07: Graduate Assistant – UCLA
FOOTBALL EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP
VIN MARINO SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, FOOTBALL ADMINISTRATION
Vincent Marino is in his 19th season with the Titans and first as Senior Vice President of Football Administration in 2025. He originally joined the organization in 2007, as the Senior Director of Football Administration after spending 18 years at the NFL offices in New York. Marino’s primary responsibilities include the management of the Titans’ salary cap and player contract negotiations. He interacts closely with Titans President of Football Operations Chad Brinker and General Manager Mike Borgonzi on numerous football-related issues.
Marino also serves as the Titans liaison with the NFL office regarding labor and contract issues, as well as player personnel matters. In 2014, he was selected to participate in the prestigious NFL’s Career Development Symposium at the Wharton School of Business in Philadelphia. Currently, he is a member of the NFL Player Insurance Trust; and additionally, he sits on the appeals panels for the NFL Player Tuition Assistance Plan and the NFL Severance Pay Plan.
During his time with the NFL’s Management Council, Marino spent eight years in the Player Personnel Department (Analyst, 199095; Manager/Player Personnel, 1995-98) and eight years in Labor Operations (Sr. Manager of Labor Operations, 1998-03), the last three as the Director of Labor Operations (2003-06). Marino gained
REGGIE
MCKENZIE
VICE PRESIDENT/ FOOTBALL ADVISOR
Reggie McKenzie enters his first season with the Titans as a Vice President/Football Advisor.
McKenzie spent the past six seasons (2019–24) with the Miami Dolphins as Senior Personnel Executive, assisting General Manager Chris Grier and Assistant General Manager Marvin Allen in national college and pro scouting.
In joining the Titans, McKenzie returns to his home state, where he was raised in Knoxville, was an all-state linebacker and valedictorian at Austin-East High School, and played linebacker at the University of Tennessee from 1981-84. McKenzie was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame in 2018.
VIN MARINO’S TIMELINE
EXECUTIVE TIMELINE
2025: Senior Vice President of Football Administration –Tennessee Titans
2011-24: Vice President of Football Administration –Tennessee Titans
2007-11: Senior Director of Football Administration –Tennessee Titans
2003-06: Director of Labor Operations – NFL Management Council
1998-03: Senior Manager of Labor Operations –NFL Management Council
1995-98: Manager/Player Personnel – NFL Management Council
1990-95: Analyst – NFL Management Council
expertise in various capacities and his experience includes: being a primary club contact for player contract valuations, enforcing the rules of the CBA (collective bargaining agreement), salary cap regulation and participating in a strategic group related to forming the CBA between the league and the players.
Additionally, he assisted the league in Super Bowl game operations and served as a replay communicator at numerous games during his tenure. He originally joined the NFL as an assistant in the Public Relations department, where he spent two years.
Born and raised in the Bronx, N.Y., Marino graduated from the Bronx High School of Science and went on to earn summa cum laude honors from Fordham University. While at Fordham, he earned a communications degree and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Marino and his wife, Nikoleta, have two sons: Nikolas and Alexander.
REGGIE M C KENZIE’S TIMELINE
EXECUTIVE TIMELINE
2025: Vice President/Football Advisor – Tennessee Titans
2019-24: Senior Personnel Executive – Miami Dolphins
2012-18: General Manager – Oakland Raiders
2008-11: Director of Football Operations – Green Bay Packers
1997-07: Pro Personnel Director – Green Bay Packers
1994-96: Pro Personnel Assistant – Green Bay Packers
PLAYING TIMELINE
1992: Linebacker – San Francisco 49ers
1992: Linebacker – Montreal Machine
1989-90: Linebacker – Phoenix Cardinals
1985-88: Linebacker – Los Angeles Raiders
After a professional playing career that included time with the Los Angeles Raiders (1985-88), Phoenix Cardinals (1989-90) and San Francisco 49ers (1992), he spent 1993 as a graduate assistant for the Volunteers.
In 1994, McKenzie embarked on a career working in NFL front offices that is now entering its 32nd campaign. He totaled 18 seasons
(1994 - 2011) with the Green Bay Packers, rising in the ranks from Pro Personnel Assistant (1994-96) to Director of Pro Personnel (19972007) and finally Director of Football Operations (2008-11). In his final role with the team, McKenzie oversaw Green Bay’s scouting efforts as well as evaluating current players and potential free agents, working closely with the head coach and general manager in day-today transactions and in preparation for the NFL Draft. During his time in Green Bay, the team earned eight division titles, three conference championships and two Super Bowls (XXXI and XLV), while totaling the second-best record (185-103) in the NFL over that period. In 2012, the Raiders hired McKenzie as General Manager, a role he maintained for seven seasons (2012-18). Oakland’s first general manager since Al Davis assumed the role in 1963, McKenzie was named the NFL’s Executive of the Year by Sporting News, The MMQB and the PFWA (Pro Football Writers Association) in 2016 as the Raiders posted a 12-4 record and their first playoff appearance in 14 years. The players drafted during McKenzie’s tenure include 2016 AP Defensive
DAVE ZIEGLER
ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER
Ziegler enters his first season as Assistant General Manager for the Titans after being hired in January 2025.
Ziegler arrives in Tennessee with 15 years of NFL personnel experience. He served as General Manager for the Las Vegas Raiders from 20222023 and spent the 2024 season as Senior Personnel Advisor for the New Orleans Saints.
Ziegler broke into the NFL with the Denver Broncos in 2010. While in Denver, he assisted in the scouting and evaluation process of pro and college players, departing after the 2012 season as a pro scout. Ziegler then headed to the New England Patriots, where he was the Assistant Director of Pro Personnel (2013-15), Director of Pro Personnel (2016-19), Assistant Director of Player Personnel (2020) and Director of Player Personnel (2021). During his nine seasons (2013-21) with New England, the Patriots won seven division titles, advanced to six conference championship games and claimed three Super Bowl (XLIX, LI, LIII) titles.
As General Manager in Las Vegas, Ziegler led the Raiders’ acquisition of wide receiver Davante Adams via trade with Green Bay during the 2022 offseason. That season, Adams was selected to the Pro Bowl and named first-team All-Pro, finishing with 100 receptions for 1,516 yards and a league-high 14 scores. In Ziegler’s first draft as general manager, the Raiders selected offensive guard Dylan Parham in the
Player of the Year linebacker Khalil Mack (2014), quarterback Derek Carr (2014), and wide receiver Amari Cooper (2015), the latter two receiving three Pro Bowl honors, respectively, while under McKenzie. The Raiders also signed offensive tackle Donald Penn (2014) and offensive guard Kelechi Osemele (2016) in free agency during McKenzie’s tenure. The two veterans were each selected to the Pro Bowl in 2016 and 2017, with Osemele receiving first-team All-Pro honors in 2016.
McKenzie is married to June, a retired attorney. The couple has two daughters, Jasmin and Mahkayla, and two sons, Kahlil and Jalen. Kahlil attended Tennessee and was drafted by Kansas City in 2018 and Jalen attended Southern California and most recently played for Las Vegas in 2024. McKenzie’s twin brother, Raleigh, also played 16 seasons in the NFL and was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame alongside McKenzie in 2018.
DAVE ZIEGLER’S TIMELINE
EXECUTIVE TIMELINE
2025: Assistant General Manager – Tennessee Titans
2024: Personnel Executive – New Orleans Saints
2022-23: General Manager – Las Vegas Raiders
2021: Director of Player Personnel – New England Patriots
2020: Assistant Director of Player Personnel – New England Patriots
2016-19: Director of Pro Personnel – New England Patriots
2013-15: Assistant Director of Pro Scouting – New England Patriots
2011-12: Scout – Denver Broncos
2010: Player Personnel Assistant – Denver Bronocs
COACHING TIMELINE
2007-09: Assistant Coach – Chaparral (Ari.) High School
2006: Wide Receivers/Special Teams Coach – Iona
2004-05: Graduate Assistant – John Carroll
third round. Parham was named to the PFWA All-Rookie Team after starting 17 games on an offensive line that helped Raiders running back Josh Jacobs lead the league with 1,653 rushing yards.
Before entering the NFL, Ziegler enjoyed a high school and college coaching career with stops at Chaparral High School in Scottsdale, Ariz., as special teams coordinator, at Iona College as a wide receivers and special teams coach, and at his alma mater, John Carroll University, serving in the same role.
A native of Tallmadge, Ohio, Ziegler was an accomplished wide receiver and returner at John Carroll University. He holds several program records including career return yards, return average and return touchdowns.
Ziegler is married to Carissa, and the couple has two sons, Asher and Camden, and a daughter, Georgina.
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NICK HOLZ OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR
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DYLAN AUTENRIETH DEFENSIVE QUALITY CONTROL
BRIAN BELL ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SPORTS PERFORMANCE
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TREVOR BROWDER OFFENSIVE ASSISTANT
FRANK BUSH LINEBACKERS
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TONY ODEN DEFENSIVE PASSING GAME COORDINATOR/CORNERBACKS
STEWART ASSISTANT SPECIAL TEAMS
DIRECTOR OF SPORTS PERFORMANCE
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NICK HOLZ OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR
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DYLAN AUTENRIETH DEFENSIVE QUALITY CONTROL
BRIAN BELL ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SPORTS PERFORMANCE
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RAYNA STEWART ASSISTANT SPECIAL TEAMS
LUKE STOCKER TIGHT ENDS
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TITANS SWITCHING TO “TITANS BLUE” AS PRIMARY HOME JERSEY COLOR IN 2025
BY JIM WYATT
During a uniform unveiling party back in April 1999, the Titans showed off their new wardrobe before roughly 1,500 fans outside a shiny new East Bank Stadium.
Some of the team’s star players were decked out in the navy home uniforms, some in the road whites.
And for years, the Titans wore those colors well.
Leading up to the 2003 season, the team introduced a new look to players in the locker room – a light blue uniform.
In time, it would simply become known as “Titans blue.”
“Steve (McNair) and Eddie (George), they came in the locker room and looked at that jersey and they were like, ‘Wow.’ It was something different,” recalled Joey Barranco, Director, Equipment Operations for the Titans. “They’d worn the two-tone blue before, but it was now reversed, and more light blue. It just popped, and they loved it.
“The players now, they still love it.”
Over the years, the Titans have used the light blue in their jerseys, pants, and helmets. It’s in the fireball logo. Some have worn light blue cleats, sleeves and wristbands. It’s been one constant for the organization since 1960, the first days of the Houston Oilers.
Starting in 2025, the Titans plan to embrace the look more than ever – the team is switching to light blue as the primary home jersey this fall.
“We’re talking to fans and we’re listening, and there’s a clear
appetite to have theTitans,their team, represented on the field in this noticeable color that has been with thisteam from 1960inHouston, into Memphis, at Vanderbilt and as we’ve played at NissanStadium,” TitansPresidentandCEOBurke Nihill said.
“We’re going to emphasize that this year and change to Titans blue as the primary color. As we sit here today, the plan is to wear Titans blue at every one of our home games this year.”
The team will have the option of wearing their white uniforms on the road,withthe navy blueuniforms becoming the alternate uniform. The plan is to be more consistent with uniform combinations this fall, jerseys and pants.
Since first introducing the light blue uniforms at a preseason game in 2003, the Titans have emphasized the “Titans blue” some years more than others.
For a stretch beginning in 2008, the Titans made the light blue color their primary uniform color for several years. The team later wore it as their color rush uniform, and in more recent years supplemented the navy and white uniforms by occasionally wearing the light blue, although it became more of a fixture in 2024, when the Titans wore the light blue four times, including twice in the regular season.
But since the early days of the Oilers, and Titans, it’s always been a part of the look.
With the focus on Titans blue in 2025 and into the future, the Titans will not be wearing their throwback Oilers uniforms this upcoming season.
Nihill said the team will continue to pay tribute to players past and present with the light blue uniforms and highlight a color that has been a part of every uniform since 1960.
“Our fans, our players, they love it,” Nihill said. “The Titans blue has always been a part of this organization, and there is something that is uniquely this organization when that color is the dominant color. “You see it, and you know the team that is being represented – it’s the Titans.”
LONGTIME NFL EXECUTIVE SCOTT PIOLI RECALLS MIKE BORGONZI’S FIRST STEPS ON THE WAY TO BECOMING GENERAL MANAGER OF THE TITANS
BY JIM WYATT
The first time Scott Pioli met Mike Borgonzi, it was by chance.
In was 20 years ago, when Pioli was helping build a dynasty as vice president of player personnel for the New England Patriots. Borgonzi, hired back in January as the new general manager of the Tennessee Titans, wasn’t even involved in football at the time.
The two just happened to be at a 2005 banquet where Pioli – and Borgonzi’s high school football coach in the Boston area – were being inducted into the New England chapter of the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame.
Then, a few years later, they’d meet again.
This time Borgonzi, who played football at Brown University and later served as tight ends coach at Amherst College, was back in football after spending some time in the business world in mutual fund accounting and sales.
He’d been hired as assistant recruiting coordinator at Boston College, where he was also the pro liaison for NFL scouts.
The two began cultivating a relationship during Pioli’s visits to the school in 2007 and 2008, and during that time Pioli discovered Borgonzi’s passion to be involved in scouting, and personnel.
So, when Pioli was hired as general manager of the Kansas City Chiefs in 2009, Borgonzi was one of the first people he hired.
When Borgonzi was officially introduced as general manager of the Titans, he thanked his mentor, and friend.
“To Scott Pioli, who believed in me and gave me my first opportunity to work in the National Football League,” Borgonzi said, “my family and I will always be indebted to you, Scott.”
Borgonzi is in the process of rebuilding the Titans.
After an impressive haul in free agency, and a draft class that included quarterback Cam Ward, there’s new excitement in Tennessee.
“I don’t know if proud is the right word, because being proud of someone that you mentored and stuff is too self-serving, right? It takes the focus off that person, and I don’t want any focus off of Mike,” Pioli said from Dallas. “But I am so happy for him and his wife, Jill, and his family. Just genuinely happy for them.
“I am more happy for him than anything, because he’s such a good person, and he worked so hard for this. He is someone I have enormous respect for.”
Pioli served as general manager of the Chiefs from 2009-2012 before later serving as assistant general manager of the Atlanta Falcons from 2014-2019.
After getting the opportunity from Pioli, Borgonzi remained with the Chiefs for 16 years, including the past four seasons as Kansas City’s Assistant General Manager, before being hired as GM of the Titans. Prior to his promotion to Assistant General Manager, Borgonzi served as Director of Football Operations (2018-20), Director of Player Personnel (2017), Co-Director of Player Personnel (2015-16), Assistant Director of Pro Scouting (2013-14), Pro Personnel Scout (2011-12) and Manager of Football Operations (2010).
Borgonzi joined the Chiefs in 2009 as the club’s College Scouting Administrator. On some days, he was responsible for “airport pickups” for players, or responsible for running errands.
But he quickly worked his way up, into bigger roles.
Pioli chuckled a bit when he talked about how Borgonzi “negotiated” his salary
before accepting the job, and it allowed him to make more money than he’d initially been offered.
“Mike was smart in every way, and hard-working,” Pioli said. “Everyone I talked to about him talked about how hard he worked, and he did.
“He listened more than he talked, and when he talked, he had strong opinions without being overbearing. He definitely had strong opinions. And for Mike, there was no job that was too big, and there was no job too small.
“I remember Mike was a film-watcher, he was a student of the game,” Pioli added. “He was a grinder, and he knew how to study film, he knew what to look for. He knew the game, so he knew what he was looking at, and evaluating. He was looking at defensive backs and he knew the difference between Cover 2 and Cover 3 and what the responsibilities were. He knew the game, so he was a good evaluator.”
Borgonzi said he watched, and he learned, from Pioli along the way.
Pioli was named NFL Executive of the Year five times and the NFL Executive of the Decade for 2000-10. Pioli’s NFL career spans over 27 years, including five trips to the Super Bowl, three Super Bowl championships, four AFC championships, six AFC East titles, and an NFC Championship. He has held multiple executive positions, including General Manager, Assistant General Manager, and Vice President Personnel in various organizations, including the New England Patriots, Kansas City Chiefs and Atlanta Falcons.
“I learned a lot from Scott,” Borgonzi said. “He was a very detailed person, his processes, his structure, the way they did things. As a young person coming up in the business, that’s what I try and teach all our guys now, just to be detailed in everything that you do. A lot of that, Scott taught me. Of course he taught me a lot about evaluation of the players, too.”
During Borgonzi’s time in Kansas City, he contributed to 12 playoff seasons and three Super Bowl championships (2019, 2022-23).
In Tennessee, he takes over a team coming off a 3-14 season, with a 9-25 mark over the past two seasons.
So, how does Pioli think his long-time friend will do?
“If they allow him to do what he is capable of, and if he is in a job and in a role to do what he is capable of,” Pioli said, “he will be very successful.
“He has the qualities, he has the work ethic, the knowledge and the integrity. And he knows that talent is very important, but he also understands team building is more important than talent collecting.”
CAM WARD WASN’T
ALONE ON HIS LONG JOURNEY TO THE NFL, AND THE TITANS, AND HE’LL FOREVER BE THANKFUL FOR SUPPORT FROM HIS PARENTS
BY JIM WYATT
Cam Ward played in 57 games in college, at Incarnate Word, Washington State and the University of Miami.
How many games did his parents attend?
“57 of 57,” Calvin Ward, Cam’s father, said with a smile.
Itwasn’teasy,especiallythose two seasons when Ward was quarterback at Washington State, located in Pullman, Washington.
Those years it took Calvin and Patrice Ward,wholivein West Columbia, Texas, roughly nine hours to get to one of their son’s home games. A typical travel weekend those days looked like this: Driving an hour to Houston Hobby Airport, catching a flight from Houston to Denver (layover) and then flying to Spokane, Wash., getting a rental car, and driving another 1 ½ hours to Pullman.
After the game, and a quick visit with Cam, they’d retrace their steps back to Texas.
“In Cam’s two years at Washington State,” said Calvin Ward, “the closest games were at USC and UCLA (in Los Angeles).”
But for the Wards, it was all worth it.
They saw their son blossom from a zero-star recruit coming out of high school to one of the nation’s top quarterbacks, and the first overall pick of the 2025 NFL Draft, by the Titans.
“It’s been a long journey, but it’s been worth it,” Calvin Ward said. “Every curve we’ve had to go through, every stop sign we’ve had to stop at, it led us to this, and it’s all been worth it.”
Calvin Ward, a fuel buyer for a nuclear power plant, and Patrice Ward, a longtime high school special education teacher and basketball coach who has since retired, both had to adjust their work schedules, and life, to make it happen.
Seeing their son get drafted, and then following him to Tennessee, has been one of their life’s highlights so far.
“We’ve prayed about this,” Patrice Ward said. “Tennessee is the right place for Cameron. I prayed about it, and started manifesting on it. God always leads us in the right direction, and he led us to
Tennessee. And we’re all so happy about it.
“Cam knows without God none of this is possible, and he has that faith and believes in God.”
Calvin Ward said Cam Ward never gave up on his dream, despite dealing with adversity, and doubters.
“I am very proud, because I think the average athlete would have stopped,” Calvin Ward said. “In high school, you’re told you’re not good enough to play college football. Then, in order to get a chance, you have to go to this FCS school (and prove yourself).
“A lot of kids would have been like, I’m good. But he was like: Let’s go.”
Surrounded by family at the NFL Draft, and on the trip to Nashville after he was selected, Cam Ward said he’ll never be able to repay his parents for what they’ve invested in him.
Ward has always appreciated their support.
“Just what they sacrificed since I was a kid all the way to high school, to where I am now,” he said. “They sacrificed financially for me. Time-wise, there’s days my dad would wake up at 5:00 a.m., we’d drive halfway across Texas to get to camps. I’ll never be able to repay them. But I just hope me being able to repay them one way is just by putting on for them and the family on the field.
“But financially, time-wise, since I was a kid, they’ve sacrificed so much. And I just think everything they did for me is starting to pay off for them as well.”
The Wards are looking forward to non-stop flights to Nashville, where they already have friends in town.
A former next-door neighbor, in fact, moved to Nashville.
Ward has already rewarded his mother once recently, when he stepped on the stage with the NFL Commissioner.
“My mom wanted a nice picture of me and Mr. Roger Goodell in her living room,” Ward said. “My mom told me: Just make sure you and Mr. Goodell are smiling in the picture. So, I gave my mom what she wanted.”
JELLY ROLL MAKES TRIP TO NFL HONORS AT SUPER BOWL LIX TO SUPPORT TITANS DL JEFFERY SIMMONS ON RED CARPET, THEN HE WALKED ON STAGE IN FULL UNIFORM
BY JIM WYATT
Jeffery Simmons was at NFL Honors back in February as the Titans’ nominee for the Walter Payton Man of the Year.
Musician Jelly Roll was also there for an on-stage skit with rapper Snoop Dogg, and three days before Super Bowl LIX, he took the stage in full uniform, Titans head to toe.
What Simmons didn’t find out until just before taking the Red Carpet was that Jelly Roll made plans to come to the event so he could walk with him in a show of support, and appreciation, for his work in the community.
“Jeff Simmons, he’s the reason I’m here,” Jelly Roll said. “I know that Jeff has done a lot in (Nashville), and he always has. He’s been a philanthropy first kind of guy, he’s been a ‘do it instead of talk about it’ kind of guy since he got here and he’s proven himself time and time again.
“He is special man. I am here for Jeff Simmons.”
Considered one of the league’s most prestigious honors, the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award recognizes an NFL player for outstanding community service activities off the field, as well as excellence on the field. One player from each team is selected each year, and Simmons has been Tennessee’s nominee for the past two seasons.
Among the things Simmons took an interest in this past year was a community endeavor close to Jelly Roll’s heart.
Last December, a big group of Titans went to the Juvenile Justice Center in Nashville to spend time with some of the kids. It’s a facility Jelly Roll spent time in as a troubled youth.
Simmons jumpstarted the team’s efforts to the visit after Jelly Roll
visited with the Titans at Ascension Saint Thomas Sports Park earlier in the fall.
“He chased me out the door,” Jelly Roll said of Simmons. “I felt the ground shaking and it was Jeffery Simmons chasing me out the door saying: When do you want to go do that? He’s just a different guy.”
Simmons said he was touched by Jelly Roll making the effort to be there for him.
The two have become friends over the past year, and the connection clearly means something to both men.
Jelly Roll pointed to the “Give ‘Em a Reason” jacket Simmons wore on the Red Carpet as they both posed for photographs, patting him on the back in the process. Simmons started the foundation during his time in Tennessee.
“Man, it means a lot,” Simmons said of Jelly Roll. “I walked back to his tour bus, and to hear him say he was here for me, it is one of those dreams come true. Growing up, I never would have thought a country music singer like Jelly Roll would come to an event like this just to support me.
“He’s the type of guy we used to look up to, and we still look up to. Just to be in Tennessee, playing in Tennessee, and Jelly Roll grew up in Tennessee and is a fan of the Tennessee Titans and a fan of mine, it is just a blessing. I am blessed to be in Jelly Roll’s circle, it is amazing. To have Jelly Roll here, it’s big.”
Simmons – and Titans fans watching NFL Honors on television – later got a big kick out of seeing Jelly Roll take the stage at the awards show.
With Snoop Dogg decked out in a Steelers uniform, Jelly Roll came out in a Titans uniform, including shoulder pads and pants, carrying his Titans helmet.
“If anyone deserves a shot in this league, it’s me,” Jelly Roll, wearing No. 93, said to Snoop Dogg. “Forget the Tush Push, your team needs the Jelly Belly.”
“We may need to add Jelly Roll to the d-line,” Simmons said with a smile. “He can add some depth for that.”
With a smile, Jelly Roll said he’ll be ready if the Titans ever need him.
“I can give them as many snaps as they need,” Jelly Roll said. “Titan Up, baby.”
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TITANS LONG SNAPPER MORGAN COX IMPACTED ONCE AGAIN BY “SOULSCARRING” MISSION TRIP TO UGANDA
BY JIM WYATT
Morgan Cox traveled to Uganda this offseason to make an impact.
Cox, long snapper for the Tennessee Titans, had also previously traveled to the country in East Africa as part of a mission trip.
It turns out the trip made an even bigger impact on Cox, and his perspective.
Nothing validated that feeling more than the lasting memory of a man living in a mud hut handing Cox a rooster as a show of appreciation for his work, and good deeds, for the people in Uganda. The man had recognized Cox from his first mission trip there in 2019.
“We always describe going to Africa and spending time there as a soul-scarring trip,” Cox said. “It’s not an easy trip, but it’s a very impactful trip to see what goes on in the world and to see how people live.
“The nature of the Christian faith is going out and making disciples of all nations, so being able to share our faith but also taking care of basic needs is the premise, being able to help the people there take care of their children.”
Cox, a Collierville, Tennessee, native who played at the University of Tennessee, is heading into his 16th NFL season, and his fifth with the Titans. He’s been named to five Pro Bowls, and he was recently selected as the long snapper for ESPN’s All-Quarter-Century NFL team.
Cox has made it part of his life’s mission to give back to others, and his mindset was put on display once again when he traveled to Uganda as part of a mission initiative team from Grace Evangelical Church in Memphis.
Cox joined 12 others on a trip to Uganda, where the group spent a week assisting those at a village and school that houses 750 kids, ranging from ages from 3 to 22. The school first started years ago under a jackfruit tree, where the school administrator taught kids in the dirt.
Now the kids have a building and desks, and a secondary school, or high school, has been an added to the elementary school.
Cox and another member of the church started a team to travel and help those in a community in Uganda. During his trip in 2019, Cox was part of a group that started the boarding school, and a medical clinic.
During the two trips, including the most recent one, the group has built desks and tables for the school, provided a water well, provided
a generator for lighting while also spending time with the kids, playing sports, hosting a field day, and a craft station. The group bought a cow for them to have protein.
Many people in the area live in mud huts, with little resources. Cox and the others went there once again to help, and for ministry work, to talk about the gospel, telling them about Jesus and faith in Christ.
“God has blessed me with the occupation that I have, and I’ve always felt a calling for helping others through it,” Cox said. “So going to Uganda and being able to help a community there that is clearly in need … You know anything that you give them is going to be received well and impactful.”
Cox said the mission initiative team at the church plans to continue returning to Uganda to help those in need.
From his first trip in 2019 to his trip this offseason, Cox said he’s been humbled to see the difference that has been made by those who’ve traveled from Memphis.
He’s also aware of the appreciation from those in Uganda. He can see it on the faces of the kids, and from the gesture of the man with the rooster.
“From the kindness of his heart, he wanted to feed me, and feed our group,” Cox said.
Cox said he will never forget the man’s message – and the fact the rooster ended up defecating on him as he held it.
“Through a translator, the man said: Morgan, thanks for coming back to see us. We are so thankful. May the Lord bless you and your family. I would like for you to have this rooster,” Cox said.
“I would never be able to repay him for the message he gave me.”
HOW CODY BARTON WENT FROM BEING THE “RUNT OF THE LITTER” TO A STARTING LINEBACKER IN THE NFL, NOW WITH THE TITANS
BY JIM WYATT
Cody Barton kept the faith.
As a 5-foot-8, 160-pound sophomore – when he was dwarfed by a 6-foot-4, 290-pound brother who was just a year older – he always felt like his time would come.
From an early age, his athletic parents had Barton and his three siblings believing hard work would make anything possible.
The mindset resulted in him developing from the “runt of the litter” to a prep star, and earning a college scholarship. It also paved the way for him to earn an opportunity in the NFL, and it eventually led him to Tennessee, where the Titans are counting on the inside linebacker to be a key piece in the middle of their defense in 2025.
“My dad always told us: Hard work is the only recipe,” said Barton, who joined the Titans as free agent back in March after playing previously with the Seahawks, Commanders and Broncos. “The thing my dad always taught me, and he would tell me personally, being that I was the late bloomer in the family: “The cream always rises to the top.”
“And I’ve always applied that to my career. No matter what, always keep working and just outwork the competition, and eventually the cream is going to rise to the top.”
Barton, who is 6-foot-2, 237 pounds these days, put the work in to get to where he is today.
It turns out Barton has been on a mission since he was 10 years old, after receiving a pep talk from his father, and then being put on a strict regimen with his siblings. Playing sports, you see, is what the Bartons do.
Father Paul Barton, who is 6-6, played football and baseball at the University of Utah, and he had a brief stint in the minor leagues with the Toronto Blue Jays. Mother Mikki-Kane Barton, who is six-foot, played volleyball and basketball at Utah, and is a member of the school’s Crimson Club Hall of Fame.
Jackson Barton, the oldest son, played on the offensive line at Utah and has spent time with five NFL clubs, most recently the Arizona Cardinals. Cody Barton came along 15 months later, then came sister Dani, a former member of the U.S. women’s national volleyball team who was an All-America performer at Utah. Baby brother Jackson is currently a senior on the football team at Utah.
Cody Barton said his father trained all the children – mentally and physically -- to earn their way. His mother provided encouragement and support, resulting in what Barton, with a smile, a “good cop, bad cop” scenario.
“My dad said: I’m going to do everything I can to help you guys get a full scholarship at the University of Utah, and go pro,” Cody Barton recalled. “He’s like, if you guys are committed to that, I am going to do everything I can. He was like, “You’re not going to like me, but …
“As a 10-year-old, I was like: “Let’s do it.”
Cody Barton remembers waking up every morning with his 11-year-old brother Jackson, initially doing jump rope, planks, wall sits, and running. As they got older, they began lifting weights.
“My dad would push us,” Barton said. “It was more about teaching us the power of the mind, and when you’re tired, you can really go a lot further than you think. Us
getting up at 5 a.m., it was more learning the discipline of getting up at 5. No one wants to get up at 5. So, it was teaching us the power of discipline and hard work and how far that can get you.”
All the Barton children earned scholarships to Utah, even though it took Cody until his second semester of his freshman year. He’s still motivated by that.
The hard work continued as Cody Barton got older. Barton’s father and uncle are first generation ranchers – they started a ranch in Duchesne, Utah in 2002.
Cody Barton grew up working on the ranch, moving water lines, baling hay, fixing fences and other chores with horses, cows, chickens, turkeys, and other wildlife around him.
Barton admits when he returns to the ranch these days, he’s more interested in fishing, riding horses and looking for deer and elk horns.
But he’s still all about the hard work, especially on the football field.
A six-year pro, Barton racked up over 100 tackles for the third straight season last year for the Broncos.
A third-round draft pick of the Seahawks in 2019, Barton has started 43 games in his career, including 38 games in the last three seasons for Seattle, Washington and Denver.
Over the last three seasons, Barton is one of only five NFL linebackers (Fred Warner, Tremaine Edmunds, Roquan Smith and Logan Wilson) to post 100+ tackles each season and total 5 or more interceptions over that timeframe.
Barton tallied a career-high 136 tackles in 2022 before recording 121 tackles in 2023 and 106 in 2024 while in Denver.
In Tennessee, he’s ready to do his part in a new defense, in a city he’d never visited prior to signing. When he drives his massive dually truck around Nashville, he still wonders why the residential roads aren’t wider.
Yet he feels like his timing is perfect here.
Back in high school, Barton didn’t play his first three years because he was a late bloomer, but he finally started on varsity as a senior.
In college at Utah, he wasn’t a starter his first three years, only stepping into the starting lineup when others got hurt. In his final college season, however, he started all 14 games and led the team with 116 tackles, along with four sacks and an interception.
In the NFL, Barton paid his dues his first three years in the league on special teams, while playing behind some good, veteran players on defense. But his career took off in year four, and he’s been a highly productive player ever since.
Barton, whose middle name Likeke is of Hawaiian origin and means “courageous chief,” feels like he’s in Tennessee at just the right time.
He’s ready to lead, and produce.
“Even when I was younger, I knew at some point it was going to be my time,” Barton said. “I’ve always been a pretty positive, optimistic person. I always have that belief it’s going to happen. If you really believe in something, it’s going to happen.
“I feel like I’m very blessed, and feel very fortunate to be here. And I am looking forward to growing this thing, growing the culture, growing the wins, and just keep going. Everyone is hungry, and so am I.”
KAREN HOFF Owner, Broker, ABR, CRS, E-Pro
Historic & Distinctive Homes LLC is built on the belief that a real estate company should truly re ect the people it serves. Our team of dedicated agents comes from all walks of life and speaks 11 di erent languages, bringing a rich blend of experience, cultural understanding, and market knowledge to every client we serve.
Led by Karen Ho , a highly respected broker with over 40 years of real estate experience, our agents share her commitment to hard work, consistency, and excellence. Karen has been recognized as the Top A ordable Housing Agent in the United States (2004) and as a top listing and selling agent in the Greater Nashville Association of Realtors for several years in a row. Her leadership sets a high standard, and our agents deliver on it daily by providing personalized, concierge-level service with a deep understanding of Nashville’s neighborhoods.
At Historic & Distinctive Homes LLC, you’re not just working with an agent—you’re partnering with a team of professionals who are passionate about helping people from all walks of life achieve their real estate goals. Whether buying, selling, or investing, our team is here to guide you every step of the way with care, expertise, and integrity.
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COMMUNITY IMPACT REPORT
What makes Tennessee so special is its people — resilient, passionate, and united by a spirit of teamwork and friendship that defines our communities. It’s unique and intangible: a deep sense of pride, a commitment to each other, and a belief that together, we can accomplish anything.
At the Tennessee Titans, we believe in the power of sports not just to entertain, but to inspire. We believe that a football team can be more than what happens on the field — it can be a connector, a catalyst, and a force for good. Whether it’s investing in education, supporting families, promoting wellness, or strengthening neighborhoods, we are honored to work alongside community partners who are making a difference every day.
Thank you for allowing us to be part of your communities. We are grateful for the opportunity to serve, and we are excited for the future we can build together.
Amy Adams Strunk Owner of the Tennessee Titans
Our mission to win, serve and entertain guides everything we do.
“Serve” isn’t just a word in our mission — it’s a core value that drives our people, our culture, and our vision for the future. Whether it’s through volunteering, investing in local organizations, or finding new ways to lift up our neighbors, our team is committed to doing the work.
We’re proud of the progress we’ve made, but we’re even more excited about what’s ahead. Thank you to everyone who has locked arms in this effort — our community partners, players, staff, and fans. We’re grateful to be part of something bigger than football.
With appreciation,
Burke Nihill Titans President and CEO
ROOTED IN TRADITION. DRIVEN BY IMPACT.
OPPORTUNITY - NEIGHBORHOODS - EDUCATION
At the Tennessee Titans, our mission extends far beyond the field. We believe the true measure of a team’s greatness lies in its impact off the field—how it shows up for its people, its neighborhoods, and its future. That’s why our commitment to community is more than tradition—it’s a legacy in motion.
From the roar of the crowd on Sundays to the quiet, everyday work of creating opportunity, we are building something that lasts. Through generational fandom, we connect families, unite neighbors, and ignite pride across Tennessee. Through generational change, we invest in the people and places that shape tomorrow—creating pathways to education, wellness, and equity that empower every generation to rise. Together, these values drive our purpose and our promise to WIN. SERVE. ENTERTAIN.
OPPORTUNITY
From workforce development to unforgettable experiences, we unlock the tools, access, and opportunities that spark generational change.
PROJECT DESTINED
In 2022, ONE Community launched the first Sports Venue and Real Estate Development Bridge Program cohort with inaugural community partner Project Destined, an organization created to introduce young adults to real estate and commercial development by learning from key industry experts.
The partnership between Project Destined and the Tennessee Titans was established to teach young adults about stadium development by providing them with hands-on experience and an opportunity to learn firsthand from industry experts in the areas of construction, conceptual design, and development. Students from three local Universities, including Tennessee State University, Nashville State Community College and Fisk University have the opportunity to complete this program.
Upon completion of the program, students receive a $500 stipend, as well as financial literacy guidance provided by ONE Community partner, Citizens Savings Bank & Trust Company.
Several students have found job and mentorship opportunities within the Real Estate Development industry since completing the program.
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As a college student, the program played a crucial role in my academic journey, offering networking opportunities and connecting me to local resources that enriched my college experience.
- Zaria Green
TO DATE
120 student participants
$55,000 in awards to students
87% of students indicated the program lead to moderate to significant professional growth and development
TITANS CONSTRUCTION TRAINING CAMP
In early 2024, the Tennessee Titans and the Tennessee Builders Alliance announced the launch of a paid work experience training program to support the construction of the New Nissan stadium. The Titans Construction Training Camp (TC2) is a three-week program designed to equip new builders with knowledge of workplace safety, construction math, and the ability to operate basic power and hand tools. Upon completion, builders will be prepared to start their careers in the construction industry. New builders receive an hourly wage of $18/ hour of training time, individualized educational support and two nationally recognized industry certifications (National Center for Construction Education and Research and Occupational Safety and Health Administration). These benefits tailor toward the goal of the program which is to create economic independence for Middle Tennesseans by offering training and career opportunities.
To date, the Titans Construction Training Camp (TC2) has graduated 42 participants, with 6 completers hired directly by construction partners, 15 completers hired by trade partners for other construction projects in Nashville and 5 completers continuing their educational journey. Of those who completed the program in 2024, 33% were formerly incarcerated and 66% were those from the Nashville Promise Zone (individuals from high poverty neighborhoods)
TO DATE
42 participants
21 jobs secured
5 continuing education
MAKE-A-WISH
Karsen, a 5-year-old boy diagnosed with congenital heart disease, has been a lifelong fan of T-Rac and the Tennessee Titans. Despite the countless surgeries and procedures he’s had to undergo to treat his heart, his love for the Tennessee Titans and his unwavering joyful spirit have never faded.
This past year, Karsen’s wish was brought to life through a partnership between the Titans and Make-A-Wish Middle Tennessee. T-Rac kicked off the surprise by visiting Karsen’s home in Clarksville, Tennessee, where he presented him with tickets to attend a day at Titans training camp. But the excitement didn’t end there – after practice, Titans wide receiver Jha’Quan Jackson revealed that Karsen’s wish of becoming T-Rac junior would come true at the Titans vs. Colts game in October. On his special day, Karsen got to wear a customized T-Rac junior costume and ride out with T-Rac for pregame activities.
MUSIC CITY BLITZ
The Titans hosted the Special Olympics Music City Blitz at Nissan Stadium on March 17. The flag tournament kicked off with Special Olympics athletes taking the field alongside Titans Head Coach Brian Callahan and the Titans coaching staff.
IMPACT NUMBERS
350 total impacted
SALUTE TO SERVICE
TITO’S MILITARY BOWL
As part of the NFL’s Salute to Service Month, the Titans hosted the Tito’s Military Bowl on November 12th, 2024. The Titans welcomed a hundred soldiers from Fort Campbell to compete in a flag football tournament for the championship trophy. The event was held at Ascension Saint Thomas Sports Park in the Titans indoor practice facility.
IMPACT NUMBERS
100 soldiers in attendance
TRAGEDY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SURVIVORS
The Titans partnered with Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) to honor two fallen soldiers. During our Salute to Service game, the families of the honored service members were recognized, and Titans players wore special helmet decals to pay tribute to the American heroes.
IMPACT NUMBERS
17 players participated
MY CAUSE MY CLEATS DRAWING PARTY
Titans defensive lineman T’Vondre Sweat teamed up with kids from Backfield in Motion to help design his custom cleats for the My Cause My Cleats game.
WARRIOR WEDNESDAY
In honor of Salute to Service month, the Titans traveled to USO Fort Campbell for a Warrior Wednesday on the Army base. Titans alumni Dexter McCluster and Marc Mariani joined to interact and hand out Titans swag, while Little Caesars provided lunch to the soldiers.
IMPACT NUMBERS
350 soldiers in attendance
IMPACT NUMBERS
25 kids
NEIGHBORHOODS
We aim to advocate for the well-being of those who need us most through creating safe and prosperous communities
KABOOM! PLAYGROUND BUILD
First Lady Maria Lee, Tractor Supply Foundation, Tennessee Titans, Cleary Construction Partner with KABOOM! to Build Playground in Clay County
The Titans joined local leaders Tractor Supply Foundation and Cleary Construction to partner with First Lady Maria Lee and national nonprofit, KABOOM! to build a brand-new, accessible playground in Clay County through her initiative, Tennessee Serves. This playground represents an investment of over $285,000 in the success and wellbeing of the Clay County community. Investments in local parks and play spaces can have substantial economic benefits, especially in struggling communities.
MNPD NIGHT OUTAGAINST CRIME
The Titans joined the Metro Nashville Police Department’s East Precinct for their annual ‘Night Out Against Crime’ event at the East Park Community Center. T-Rac and Titans cheerleaders made a special appearance, engaging with attendees and handing out Titans swag items to the kids and guests.
The Tennessee Serves team enlisted Tennessee businesses and many community partners to multiply the philanthropic success achieved in this project. This brandnew playground represents the unification of local government, state government, teachers, families, volunteers, statewide and local businesses, magnifying the impact of investment in the Clay County community.
IMPACT NUMBERS
200 total impacted
COMMUNITY TUESDAYS
NASHVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT
In remembrance of 9/11 heroes, Titans tight ends Josh Whyle and Thomas Odukoya visited the Nashville Fire Department for a lunch with local first responders and a tour of their special ops division.
IMPACT NUMBERS
20 total impacted
ACS HOPE LODGE
The Titans visited the American Cancer Society Hope Lodge in Nashville, Tennessee. Titans players and mascot T-Rac joined to interact and serve Hattie B’s lunch to the patients and their caregivers.
IMPACT NUMBERS
20 total impacted
EVERFI CHARACTER PLAYBOOK
Titans players and cheerleaders traveled to Centennial High School in Franklin, Tennessee for an EVERFI Character Playbook event, where they discussed the importance of mental wellness and shared their own journeys with the student-athletes.
IMPACT NUMBERS
100 total students impacted
JEFFERY SIMMONS X NASHVILLE RESCUE MISSION
Titans defensive lineman Jeffery Simmons visited Nashville Rescue Mission to interact and help serve lunch to over 200 men.
RONALD McDONALD HOUSE
Titans players, T-Rac, and Titans cheerleaders visited the Nashville Ronald McDonald House to serve Whataburger lunch and to enjoy Halloween themed arts and crafts with the kids and their families.
IMPACT NUMBERS
20 total impacted
IMPACT NUMBERS
250 total impacted 4 volunteers
480 minutes volunteering
HOLIDAY HEROES
Titans players, staff, and family members joined Youth Villages to kick off their annual Holiday Heroes campaign. Volunteers helped unload, assemble, and organize gifts, as well as decorate with lights and decor to bring holiday joy to every child and young adult in the program.
IMPACT NUMBERS
2,500 total impacted
25 Staff volunteers
4,500 minutes volunteering
TENNESSEE KIDS BELONG
The Titans worked with Tennessee Kids Belong on their ‘I Belong Project’. Titans players and staff joined together to uplift the stories of children in foster care, in hopes of helping them connect with loving and permanent families.
IMPACT NUMBERS
35 total impacted
THE BRIDGE
The Titans worked with The Bridge in Edgehill for a Thanksgiving service project. Titans players joined to serve hot meals, Thanksgiving groceries, and provide much-needed supplies for people in the Edgehill community.
IMPACT NUMBERS
300 total impacted 15 volunteers
1,350 minutes volunteering
TOTAL IMPACT NUMBERS
191,580 minutes spent volunteering
986 total number of volunteers
BLOOD DRIVE
The Tennessee Titans partnered with American Red Cross to host a Blood Drive at Nissan Stadium. Altogether, 81 units of blood were collected, and 243 potential lives were saved.
IMPACT NUMBERS
81 units of blood
235 potential lives saved
15 volunteers
1,740 minutes volunteering
SHELBY PARK
The Titans teamed up with Hands on Nashville and Friends of Shelby Park to host a Titans Together presented by Gallagher service project at Shelby Park. Volunteers joined to perform various landscaping and restoration projects around the park.
IMPACT NUMBERS
140 volunteers
15,840 minutes volunteering
40 trees planted
500 pounds of trash removed
200 seed packets created
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT
Titans staff spent the day volunteering at Junior Achievement of Middle Tennessee Finance Park. Volunteers led 100 students from LEAD Southeast Middle School through a financial planning simulation focused on budgeting and financial literacy.
IMPACT NUMBERS
100 total impacted
10 volunteers
3,600 minutes volunteering
HADLEY PARK
Titans staff partnered up with Hands on Nashville and the Nashville Tree Foundation to host a Titans Together presented by Gallagher service project at Hadley Park. Volunteers participated in a variety of tree maintenance and cleanup projects around the park for members of the Nashville community to enjoy.
IMPACT NUMBERS
22 volunteers
3,960 minutes volunteering
75 trees mulched
FATHER RYAN
The Titans teamed up with Hands on Nashville for a Titans Together presented by Gallagher service project at Father Ryan High School in Nashville, Tennessee. Together, 20 students spent the afternoon packaging snack packs to be distributed to the Metro Nashville Public Schools Community Achieves program.
IMPACT NUMBERS
1,200 total impacted
20 volunteers
2,400 minutes volunteering
PICCOLO FARMS
The Titans worked with Hands on Nashville for a Titans Together presented by Gallagher service project at Piccolo Farms Animal Sanctuary in Whites Creek, Tennessee. Volunteers cleaned up around the farm and assisted with recovery efforts following a flood, helping restore the sanctuary and support its animals.
IMPACT NUMBERS
25 volunteers
3,960 minutes volunteering
MNPS FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL
Titans staff, T-Rac, and Titans cheerleaders visited Ross Early Learning Center to welcome students to their first day of school.
IMPACT NUMBERS
20 volunteers
1,800 minutes volunteering
195 kids impacted
9/11 MEAL PACK
STUFF THE BUS
In partnership with United Way of Greater Nashville, the Titans held the annual Stuff the Bus back to school event at Nissan Stadium. Altogether, Titans staff, United Way, and community volunteers joined to package 15,460 total backpacks filled with school supplies for students in Metro Nashville Public Schools.
IMPACT NUMBERS
15,460 kids impacted
410 volunteers
93,060 minutes volunteering
In honor of 9/11, Titans staff and Gallagher employees teamed up for a Titans Together presented by Gallagher service project at the 9/11 Day Meal Pack event held at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. Volunteers worked together to package thousands of meals, providing direct support to those experiencing food insecurity in the local community.
IMPACT NUMBERS
213,408 meals packaged in Nashville
30 volunteers
3,600 minutes volunteering
SPORT SORT
The Titans visited Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee for a Titans Together presented by Gallagher service project. Titans staff teamed up with the Nashville Predators, Nashville Sounds, and Nashville Soccer Club to package food for over 8,000 people in the Nashville community.
HOPE AND HEALING AT HILLENGLADE
To kick off Salute to Service month, the Titans partnered up with Hands on Nashville for a Titans Together presented by Gallagher service project at Hope and Healing at Hillenglade. Volunteers participated in various maintenance and construction projects around the farm, so veterans and first responders can relay and enjoy.
IMPACT NUMBERS
21 staff volunteers
3,780 minutes volunteering
IMPACT NUMBERS
8,636 total impacted
1,344 snack bags packed
6,036 lbs of food sorted
35 volunteers
6,300 minutes volunteering
NATIONAL BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION HOPE KITS
In honor of Crucial Catch month, Titans staff participated in a Titans Together presented by Gallagher service project, packaging 200 National Breast Cancer Foundation HOPE Kits to deliver encouragement and support to patients undergoing breast cancer treatment.
IMPACT NUMBERS
200 total impacted
39 staff volunteers
3,510 minutes volunteering
HURRICANE HELENE BLOOD DRIVE
The Titans partnered with American Red Cross for a blood drive to help replenish the region’s blood supply following the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene. A total of 53 pints of blood were collected and 159 potential lives were saved.
MEALS OF HOPE
The Titans partnered with Meals of Hope for a Titans Together presented by Gallagher service project. Titans players, staff, and Gallagher employees worked together to package 51,138 total meals for individuals facing food insecurity during the holiday season.
IMPACT NUMBERS
51,138 total impacted
85 volunteers
33,300 minutes volunteering
IMPACT NUMBERS
53 pints of blood
159 potential lives saved
10 volunteers
1,200 minutes volunteering
RELEAFING DAY
In partnership with Nashville Tree Foundation, Titans staff and community members planted trees around Nashville for a Titans Together presented by Gallagher service project on ReLeafing Day.
IMPACT NUMBERS
82 trees planted
3 locations
60 volunteers
7,200 minutes volunteering
NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT
Each season, ONE Community chooses a neighborhood within Metro Nashville –Davidson County to amplify the people and businesses within that community. This season, we recognized four small businesses from the Antioch area. This season also marked the implementation of a customer-first approach. Neighbors and customers cast over 4,000 votes for the final four businesses’ selection. Each business received a $10,000 1st and Goal Small Business Grant, as well as in-game recognition and field passes at a game.
“ “ The recognition is helping us secure much-needed capital to expand our product lines and complete the rebranding, packaging, and image overhaul we’ve
been planning since the beginning of the year. This financial
boost is empowering Soul Seed to grow, serve a wider audience, and continue our mission of providing eco-conscious, botanically based skincare inspired by traditional Mexican medicine.
- Soul Seed
Soul Seed Industry Crown Love Beauty Supply Industry
TACKLING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE
The digital divide remains an accessibility challenge that impacts the entire community. Whether you are a small business owner looking to expand into e-commerce, a neighbor looking to connect with others, or a student needing to complete an assignment, digital accessibility and literacy is a necessity.
Last season, ONE Community installed a technology lab at the Looby Community Center in North Nashville giving neighbors the space and equipment to complete homework, study for tests and play games with friends. To date, the digital lab at the Looby Community Center has seen over 50,000 users.
This season, ONE Community installed two new Technology Lab Centers. In partnership with Verizon and the NFL Foundation, McFerrin Community Center and Coleman Park Community Center were gifted a renovated technology lab. Each lab’s renovation includes new paint, carpet, furniture, laptops, computer monitors, and an LED TV. These investments totaled more than $35,000.
McFERRIN PARK COMMUNITY CENTER
COLEMAN PARK COMMUNITY CENTER
Students at McFerrin Park and Coleman Park Community Centers were surprised with a visit by T-Rac and Titans Cheer as they rushed through the door to use the equipment.
SLIM & HUSKY’S HOLIDAY GIVEBACK
During the holiday season, ONE Community hosted a holiday meal giveaway in partnership with Slim and Husky’s Pizza Beeria and The Kroger Co. Over 75 families at three housing developments within the Metropolitan Development and Housing
Agency received holiday meals and beverages, as well as Titans giveaways and holiday cheer. Residents had the opportunity to engage with volunteers, take photos with Titans Cheer, Titans legend Blaine Bishop and T-RAC to celebrate the holiday season.
DISASTER RELIEF AFTER HURRICANE HELENE
When Hurricane Helene hit the southeastern United States in late September 2024, many residents in East Tennessee were left with complete devastation. From flooded out schools and animal shelters to completely lost homes and vehicles, our neighbors were in desperate need of even the most basic resources. The Titans moved swiftly leveraging both monetary donations and other resources to lend a hand of support from across the state.
$20k in donations to nonprofits in East Tennessee
$10k donation to Hampton High School to repair flooded athletics resources
Titans Blood Drive to replenish emergency blood supply
36,480 bottles of water donated in partnership with Kroger
TENNESSEE LATIN AMERICA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EMPANADA TASTING
In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, the Titans joined the Tennessee Latin American Chamber of Commerce for their annual Empanada Tasting. T-Rac and Titans cheerleaders made a special appearance to interact with guests and hand out Titans swag.
IMPACT NUMBERS
100 total impacted
COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS
The Titans hosted a Christmas party for kids from the Boys and Girls Club, where they enjoyed Christmas-themed games, arts and crafts, and opened gifts. T-Rac, Titans cheerleaders, and Titans players Isaiah Iton and Kendell Brooks made special appearances to celebrate with the kids.
IMPACT NUMBERS
25 total impacted
TENNESSEE TITANS ONE COMMUNITY GRANT
For the first time, ONE Community hosted the Tennessee Titans ONE Community Grant Cycle aimed at creating impact across the state of Tennessee. Through this cycle, nonprofits across the state had the opportunity to apply for funds critical to their programming in the areas of Opportunity, Neighborhoods and Education. Awarded organizations were able to network during a network reception where they received their check presentation and a Titans ONE Community influencer box filled with Titans gear.
The organizations awarded include: 30 Organizations Awarded $80,000 Distributed
Select Your Crown YAIPAK
Friends of Shelby Park and Bottoms Food for the Soul
Inspiritus Middle Tennessee Empowerment Services
Community Resource Center
Davis House Child Advocacy Center
Centennial Park Conservancy TenThirtyFive
Project Return Dream Streets Goodwill
UpRise Nashville
Turnip Green Creative Reuse
AGAPE Nashville
MBK Nashville
The Aloe Family Initiative Safe Haven Family Shelter eMpowerment Corner to Corner
Entrepreneur Latina Leaders of America East Nashville Hope Exchange Nashville Food Project
Jonathan’s Path Futuro
Edgehill Neighborhood Partnership Sync Space
The Gentleman’s League Monroe Harding Overton Park Shell, Inc.
EDUCATION
We aim to provide access and resources to every student through their educational journey and support their teachers and schools
EVERFI FIELD DAY
The Titans partnered up with EVERFI and the Nashville Predators to host a field day for 150 students at Goodlettsville Middle School to support the curriculum-aligned digital courses that are co-created by EVERFI and the professional sports leagues. Students rotated through stations that introduced them to skills in football and hockey, while also exploring concepts behind the EVERFI curriculum.
IMPACT NUMBERS
150 students participated
CHARACTER PLAYBOOK STATS FOR 2024
IMPACT NUMBERS
60 schools
3,688 students
4,176 hours of learning
HBCU CAREER FAIR
The 2024 Allstate HBCU Legacy Bowl Career Fair featured just over 1,500 students in attendance from 57 different HBCUs across the United States. In 2024, the Tennessee Titans sponsored and chaperoned 28 students from Tennessee State University. Students joined the Career Caravan program travelling 8 hours to learn from and engage with sports industry professionals.
TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY – MAYMESTER
One of the longest partnerships the Tennessee Titans have had is with Tennessee State University. ONE Community joined in that partnership to provide one-of-a-kind opportunities to their students from TSU’s Department of Human Performance and Sports Sciences. Students participated in a weeklong course to learn from executives from the Tennessee Titans representing each department on the business and football operations side.
IMPACT NUMBERS
25 Student Participants
37 Speakers
TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY - SCHOLARSHIPS
Since 2023, ONE Community has proudly served as the presenting sponsor for Tennessee State University’s John A. Merritt Classic. The Classic also presents an opportunity to amplify and invest in the scholastic endeavors of current TSU students. In 2024, ONE Community awarded 10 scholarships valued at $10,000 to students within TSU’s Department of Human Performance and Sports Sciences and the Department of Communications.
ATHLETIC FIELDS COMMITMENT
In 2023, the Titans made a commitment to contribute $5 million towards the renovation and restoration of 15 high schools with the Metro Nashville Public School district. In our inaugural year, three high school fields underwent turf renovations. These schools saw several activations throughout 2024 including Boys’ and Girls’ Soccer, Football, Flag Football and more! In 2024, three additional high schools hosted a field ribbon cutting ceremony to announce their new turf fields at the following schools:
NFL VOTES
This season we partnered with Jack and Jill, Nashville Chapter and Metro Nashville Public Schools to promote voting efficacy prior to election day of 2024. Students had the opportunity to have conversation with their local elected officials, school administrators and students from Tennessee State University to discuss the importance of voting and talk about issues important to them.
INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
Amilian Clemes ONE Community TSU
Savannah Craighead Stadium Events Belmont (Master’s)
Wyatt Gatewood Ticketing Belmont (Master’s)
Skylar Hayes ONE Community Austin Peay State University
Zoe Hinds Stadium Experience TSU
Becca Milewski Client Services & Hospitality University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Max Murphy Premium Services Belmont (Master’s)
Emma Neely Entertainment & Fan Engagement University of Mississippi
Noah Pennington Strategic Operations TSU
Federico Pravettoni Communications Belmont
Rece Roper Membership Vanderbilt
Bailey Duncan Rotational Vanderbilt
Aaron Woodard Rotational Lipscomb University
TAKE A TITAN TO SCHOOL
Take A Titan To School is an initiative designed to provide Middle Tennessee students with an exclusive opportunity to bring a Tennessee Titans player to their classroom! Each week, a winning class was selected to host a Titans player, who joined in on fun activities and games with the students. Teachers, staff, and school administrators were encouraged to submit entries throughout the season.
DATESCHOOL
# STUDENTSTITANS PLAYERS
9/10Johnson Elementary 16Chig Okonkwo
9/24Kipp College Prep Elementary30Jha’Quan Jackson
10/15Nannie Berry Elementary 20Luke Gifford, Isaiah Iton
10/22Ida B. Wells Elementary 41Arden Key
10/29Park Avenue Elementary 18Isaiah Iton
11/19Robert F. Woodall Elementary 37
Tyjae Spears, Kendell Brooks, Justin Hardee Sr., Julius Wood
12/10Liberty Creek Elementary 20Gabe Jeudy-Lally, Daryl Worley
12/17Carter Lawrence Elementary 20Jarvis Brownlee Jr.
T-RAC SCHOOL SHOWS
DATESCHOOL
# STUDENTSTITANS SPECIAL GUESTS
3/6Dr. William Burrus Elementary800Titans Cheerleaders
3/6Amanda North Elementary 531Titans Cheerleaders
3/7Edmondson Elementary 300Titans Cheerleaders
9/10Mt. Juliet Christian Academy680David Martin-Robinson
9/17Rocketship Academy 500Julius Chestnut & Jabari Small
10/15Lipscomb Academy 1,000
10/22Cockrill Elementary 500
10/29Crieve Hall Elementary 500
11/12Norman Binkley Elementary780
Kendell Brooks, Julius Wood & Otis Reese
Jeffery Simmons, JC Latham, Daniel Brunskill, John Ojuwku, Isaiah Iton, Jaylen Harrell & Khalid Duke
Nicholas Petit-Frere, Andrew Rupcich & Corey Levin
Bryce Oliver, Tay Martin & Mason Kinsey
11/19Liberty Creek Elementary 750Ryan Stonehouse & Nick Folk
12/3Moore Elementary 500
12/17West Meade Elementary 400
McTelvin Agim, Abdullah Anderson & James Lynch
Gabe Jeudy-Lally, Tre Avery & Mike Brown
ROOKIES READ ACROSS NASHVILLE
In partnership with the Governor’s Early Literacy Foundation, each summer the incoming Tennessee Titans Rookie Class visits three locations across the Nashville area to promote literacy. The 2024 Rookie Class read to students and distributed over 500 books to students.
SCRIPPS SPELLING BEE
3 LOCATIONS
Looby Community Center (60 Students)
Whitsett Elementary School (260 Students)
Mt. View Elementary School (170 Students)
2024 ROOKIE CLASS 21 Players
TOTAL # STUDENTS
490, Grades K-5
PARTNERS
Governor’s Early Literacy Foundation
Since 2015, the Tennessee Titans have served as the regional partner for the National Scripps Spelling Bee. With more than 42 counties across Tennessee participating each year, the regional stage provides 50 local spelling bee winners an opportunity to compete for a chance to qualify for the national stage. Congratulations to this year’s winners –Mina Chen (1st Place) and Leila McLaurin (2nd Place) for reaching this achievement!
CPR TRAINING
The Tennessee Titans partnered with the American Heart Association to promote awareness and education around heart health and safety. Educators from Metro Nashville Public Schools joined together at Brick Church Middle School for a CPR Hands Only training and received CPR in School kits to bring these lifesaving skills back to their campus. With nearly 3 out of 4 cardiac arrests outside of the hospital occurring in homes, knowing how to perform CPR is critically important. Together, we are making a difference, one heartbeat at a time!
LEARNING LABS
For the 13th year, the Tennessee Titans offered local students from Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabama an operations-focused inside look through its Learning Lab program. This year, we hosted around 4,000 students at Nissan Stadium over the course of 4 dates, comprising mostly of high school students through their business track educational programs.
Students were able to tour the stadium and attend 10 stations along the way where they heard from Titans Executives across various departments including Marketing, People & Culture, Corporate Partnerships,
ONE Community, Ticketing, and more! Titans Executives shared what they do for the team, their career path and tips of advice for students. For participating, each student also received a ticket to a Titans home game this past season.
FOOTBALL DEVELOPMENT
HIGH SCHOOL RECRUITING FAIR
The Tennessee Titans, along with the Tennessee Football Coaches Association, hosted its 8th Annual High School Recruiting Fair at Nissan Stadium. This year’s event welcomed 127 Tennessee high schools and 45 colleges and universities across 22 states.
IMPACT NUMBERS
127 high schools
45 colleges and universities
22 states
400+ coaches
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL MEDIA DAY
The Titans hosted the High School Football Media Day at Nissan Stadium. Players and coaches from over 50 schools throughout
Middle Tennessee came together with local media outlets to preview the upcoming season.
IMPACT NUMBERS
200 total impacted
DIVERSITY COACHING SUMMIT
The Tennessee Titans hosted the Diversity Coaching Summit presented by Gatorade at Ascension Saint Thomas Sports Park. Coaches representing 28 high schools across the state of Tennessee were invited to the facility to spend the day learning from Titans coaching and support staff.
IMPACT NUMBERS
35 coaches impacted
28 schools represented
METRO PARKS NFL FLAG PARTNERSHIP
The Titans welcomed kids from Metro Parks and Recreation to the facility for an NFL Flag Clinic. The 2024 Titans Rookie Class joined to help run drills and cheer on the young athletes in attendance. Additionally, we offered a Titans NFL FLAG league in partnership with Metro Parks and Recreation to bring NFL FLAG to Metro Nashville residents.
IMPACT NUMBERS
FLAG CLINIC
50 kids impacted
NFL FLAG LEAGUE REGISTRATION
362 participants
GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL
Following successful pilot programs supported by the Tennessee Titans in multiple Middle Tennessee counties, girls flag football has become an officially sanctioned high school varsity sport in Tennessee. Last April, the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association’s (TSSAA) Legislative Council voted unanimously to make Tennessee the 10th state in the country to sanction girls flag football. The Titans are committed to supporting the growth and development of Girls Flag Football in the state of Tennessee.
GROWTH
2022: Williamson County
2023: Williamson County, MNPS, Clarksville-Montgomery County
2024: Williamson County, MNPS, Clarksville-Montgomery County
April 2024: TSSAA voted to make Girls Flag Football a sanctioned sport and there are now over 150 schools participating in the 2025 season.
COACH OF THE WEEK
Each week throughout the high school football season, the Titans select the Coach of the Week presented by Whataburger. The award aims to recognize a Tennessee high school football coach for an outstanding performance on Friday night and exceptional program leadership throughout the year. The Coach of the Week received a $1,500 grant from the Titans Foundation to benefit their school’s football program. In addition, all winning coaches were invited to Nissan Stadium during the Titans vs. Bengals game on Dec. 15, for an end of the year celebration on the field.
Week 1: Will Hester
Ravenwood High School
Week 2: Brian Nix
Alcoa High School
Week 3: James Thomas
Houston High School
Week 4: Slade Calhoun
Munford High School
Week 5: Jamaal Stewart
Centennial High School
Week 6: Scott Hughes
Monterey High School
Week 7: Chad Perry
Westmoreland High School
Week 8: Michael Lunsford
Hampton High School
Week 9: Jamie Graham
Lipscomb Academy
Week 10: Joe Rocconi
Collierville High School
Coach of the Year: Kyle
Shoulders
Macon County High School
MR. FOOTBALL
Tennessee’s best high school football players for 2024 were recognized December 10 at the Tennessee Titans Mr. Football Awards luncheon, hosted by the Tennessee Titans. Titans Wide Receiver, Nick Westbrook-Ikhine, was on hand to present awards to each player.
2024 TENNESSEE TITANS MR. FOOTBALL AWARD WINNERS
Division I, Class 1A
Tate Surber
McKenzie
Division I, Class 2A
Jaydon Peete
Milan
Division I, Class 3A
Skylan Smith
Covington
Division I, Class 4A
Tyler Thompson
Marshall County
Division I, Class 5A
Eric Hazzard
Page
Division I, Class 6A
Donovan Starr
Ravenwood
MUSIC CITY BOWL YOUTH FOOTBALL PROGRAM
As a part of the TransPerfect Music City Bowl’s Youth Football Program, Titans Cornerback Roger McCreary visited a Mid State Youth Football League prechampionship practice to speak to the players and give them insights on what it takes to make it to his position.
Division II, Class A
Jared Curtis
Nashville Christian School
Division II, Class AA
Noah Spencer University School of Jackson
Division II, Class AAA
David Gabriel Georges
Baylor
KICKER OF THE YEAR
Phillipe LaForge
Baylor
IMPACT NUMBERS
4 teams
100 players
FOOTBALL DEVELOPMENT CONTRIBUTIONS
The Tennessee Titans donated $1,730,500 to support high school football and girls flag football throughout the state of Tennessee. More than 100 different high schools and youth football organizations received funding to help support various projects.
Girls Flag Football Grant: 25 recipients
Fireball Fridays Host School: 11 recipients
Coach of the Week: 10 recipients
Coach of the Year: 1 recipient
Hampton High School
Hurricane Disaster Relief Fund: 1 recipient
Girls Flag Coach of the Week: 4 recipients
Williamson County Girls Flag Football: 9 recipients
MNPS Girls Flag Football: 15 recipients
Clarksville-Montgomery County Girls Flag Football: 8 recipients
Knox County Girls Flag Football Uniforms: 15 recipients
Hamilton County Girls Flag Football: 12 recipients
Rural Counties Girls Flag Football Support: 4 recipients
TITANS NFL FLAG FOOTBALL LEAGUE
TITANS NFL FLAG LEAGUES AND COACHES MEETING
In partnership with RCX sports, we supported NFL FLAG leagues in four locations (Columbia, Goodlettsville, Murfreesboro, and South Nashville). This included every participant receiving Titans-branded equipment and jerseys. The Titans and RCX also held a virtual coaches meeting to show our support and commitment to local youth football.
NFL Flag Leagues Spring registration numbers: 1,256
NFL Flag Leagues Fall registration numbers: 1,232
Coaches Meeting impact: 50
NFL FLAG REGIONALS
Over 40 of the top boys and girls flag football teams from all over competed in the NFL Flag Regional Tournaments for the chance to advance to the NFL Flag Championships in Canton, Ohio.
DATES/LOCATIONS
June 9 – Centennial High School
October 19 – Drakes Creek Park
IMPACT NUMBERS
900 total participants
YOUTH FOOTBALL CAMPS
The Tennessee Titans hosted 6 total camps across middle Tennessee throughout the months of May and June. Participants learned proper football fundamentals, skills and position techniques, teamwork and the value of good character. Instruction was led by Tennessee high school coaches, with additional support from Titans players and alumni.
DATES/LOCATIONS
May 18 – Battle Ground Academy
May 31 – Davidson Academy
June 5 – Austin Peay State University
June 7 – Christ Presbyterian Academy
June 13 – Father Ryan High School
June 20 – Oakland High School
IMPACT NUMBERS
700 total campers
6 camp locations
FIREBALL FRIDAYS
Each week throughout the season, we featured some of the top high school football matchups around Middle Tennessee and nominated them to be the Fireball Fridays Game of the Week presented by Whataburger. We’ll select four games across the area and let the fans decide by voting where we’ll head on Friday night. Fans are encouraged to vote for their preferred matchup throughout the week and the game with the most votes, will be selected as the Fireball Fridays Game of the Week presented by Whataburger.
IMPACT NUMBERS
205,948 Total Votes
16 Titans Players
DATES AND LOCATIONS
August 23 - Brentwood High School
August 30 – Liberty Creek High School
September 6 – Battle Ground Academy
September 13 – Ravenwood High School
September 20 – Ensworth School
September 27 – Beech High School
October 4 – Creek Wood High School
October 10 – Clarksville High School
October 18 – Blackman High School
October 25 – White House Heritage High School
October 31- Nashville Christian School
GAMEDAY ACTIVATIONS
At each regular season home game, the Titans partner with a designated non profit organization to collect items for donation. Through this initiative, thousands of needed items are distributed locally each year. The following organizations participated this year:
Jets (9/15) PENCIL School Supplies
Packers (9/22) Second Harvest Food
Colts (10/13) Wags and Walks Dog Supplies
462 donated items
662 lbs and $162 in monetary donations
2 large dog food bags, 1 small dog food bags, 12 small bags of dog treats, 2 large packages of potty pads, 7-10 collars and leashes, toys for 5 foster puppies
Patriots (11/3) Nashville Rescue Mission Coats 200 coats
Vikings (11/17) Mother to Mother Child Care Supplies
Jaguars (12/8) Fill the Boot Money
4 blankets, 8204 wipes, 37 clothing items, 3 coats, 28 pairs of socks, 14 pairs of underwear, 52 baby bottles, 9 baby food containers, 6 bibs, 6 sippy cups, 1 pack of cleaning supplies, 6 sippy cups, 69 pacifiers, 8 teethers/rattlers
$6,092 raised
Bengals (12/15) Toys for TotsToys 1,200 toys
Texans (1/5) Book ‘em Books 273 new books
COMMUNITY TAILGATES
For the 2024 season, ONE Community hosted non-profit partners at the community tailgate. The tailgate experience included tickets to the game, food provided by Martin’s BBQ and fun and games prior to kickoff.
Jets - Entrepreneur Latina Leaders of America. Inc. (ELLA)
Packers – Titans Construction Training Camp (TC2)
Colts – Next Steps (Vanderbilt) and IDEAL (Lipscomb) Students
Patriots – Girls, Inc. and AMEND (YWCA)
Vikings – Water Walkers
Jaguars – Victory Over Stigma Clinicians
NISSAN STADIUM CAR GIVEAWAY
On Sunday, Jan. 5, the Titans and Nissan surprised a deserving Nashville resident, Myles Gooch, with a brand new 2025 Nissan Frontier during the Texans vs. Titans game at Nissan Stadium. Gooch is a recent graduate of Titans Construction Training Camp (TC2), a program designed to teach and train builders. Following the completion of the program, TC2 graduates are given networking resources and tools to land a job on one of the many construction projects throughout the city, including the new Nissan Stadium.
Throughout the program, Myles demonstrated remarkable resilience and dedication — overcoming personal challenges and discovering a true passion for construction. To celebrate his hard work and commitment, we were thrilled to partner with Nissan to gift him a new Nissan Frontier at the Titans season finale.
This generous gesture — presented by Nissan U.S. Chief Marketing Officer Allyson Witherspoon — supports Myles’ journey toward a bright future in the construction industry. Through TC2 and Nissan’s partnership, we’re making a lasting impact, helping individuals like Myles take the next step in their careers.
NFL COMMUNITY AWARDS
SALUTE TO SERVICE
SSgt Alyssa Gallegos
Staff Sergeant in the US Air Force Reserve
Titans employee, SSgt Alyssa Gallegos was honored as the 2024 Salute to Service nominee. Alyssa Gallegos is currently a Staff Sergeant in the US Air Force Reserve. Based out of the 710th Security Forces Squadron, Buckley SFB in Aurora, Colorado, the squadron provides critical security for U.S. Space Command and USAF ground segment assets worldwide, maintaining a 72-hour deployable ready window. SSgt Gallegos also serves as the Campaign Planning Coordinator for the Titans.
SSgt Gallegos enlisted in 2019 and deployed shortly after Basic Military Training to the Middle East. While on deployment, Gallegos began her double career after being hired by
the Titans before returning to the U.S. She has been with the team since 2022, implementing organization-wide campaign strategy.
In her role as an NCO, Gallegos has earned many honors, from a Meritorious Unit Ribbon to two Air and Space Achievement Medals for stateside and overseas operations. She has merged her civilian involvement with her dedication to service through outreach with the TN National Guard and Air Guard and is dedicated to creating an environment that is military friendly. SSgt Gallegos hopes to serve as a reminder to all that with the right support from authentic military-friendly organizations, it is possible to serve in the military and simultaneously grow a civilian career.
INSPIRE CHANGE CHANGEMAKER
Rokeisha Bryant Executive Director of Pathways Kitchen
Rokeisha Bryant is the Executive Director of Pathways Kitchen, a transformative organization that empowers justice-impacted youth in Nashville, Tennessee. Under her leadership, Pathways Kitchen has become a beacon of opportunity for young people ages 15-19, providing them with the skills, work experience, and individualized support they need to build brighter futures.
Since its launch, the organization has provided critical 8-week training programs, and by 2023, expanded its impact with the launch of a catering arm, offering consistent work opportunities to youth participants who had completed the initial training. In 2024, the organization rebranded as Pathways
Kitchen to better reflect its mission and to expand its services to meet the unique needs of the Nashville community.
Rokeisha’s passion for youth empowerment and community transformation is evident in her unwavering dedication to creating opportunities for the young people of Nashville. Her work is making a lasting impact on the lives of many, helping them build skills that extend far beyond the culinary arts, and equipping them with the resources and confidence to pursue their dreams. Through Pathways Kitchen, Rokeisha is not only changing lives but also contributing to a future where every young person has the opportunity to reach their full potential.
WALTER PAYTON MAN OF THE YEAR
Jeffery Simmons
Tennessee Titans Defensive Lineman
Titans defensive lineman Jeffery Simmons is the team’s nominee for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award for the second year in a row. Considered one of the league’s most prestigious honors, the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award recognizes an NFL player for outstanding community service activities off the field, as well as excellence on the field.
“I got emotional (when I found out),” Simmons said on Wednesday. “I always say: It’s a blessing to be a blessing. God put me in a position to be able to bless, and help others. And, to put a smile on the faces of others in the community, it means a lot. … It feels great, especially with me, knowing where I came from. I want to be a light in the community, and this means a lot to me and my family. I always tell people I don’t do it for awards. I do it because I care.”
Simmons was honored to be selected in back-toback years. “Being considered for Walter Payton Man of the Year for a second time is truly one of
the greatest honors of my career,” he said. “I am grateful for the opportunity to play the game, but even more thankful for the platform it offers me and the ways I can bless others. I realize there is more work for me to do in the community and I will continue to make that one of my greatest priorities and passions. I am truly thankful to the Titans organization and the NFL for supporting my efforts and helping champion my mission.”
As a nominee, Simmons will wear a Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year helmet decal through the end of the season in recognition of his accomplishments on and off the field. “I am continually proud of the level of commitment our players show the community. Their influence is powerful, and Jeffery is a perfect example of someone who is using their platform for good,” said Titans head coach Brian Callahan. “He embodies everything the Walter Payton Man of the Year award stands for – leadership on and off the field, working tirelessly to inspire others and be the best man and teammate possible.”
Since launching the Give Em A Reason Foundation in 2022, Simmons, raised by a single mother with five children, has consistently hosted a number of giveback initiatives as part of his non-profit’s mission to serve others through youth empowerment and self-esteem-building opportunities.
Through his “Give Em a Reason” Foundation, Simmons hopes to offer kids from a similar background a reason to hope, reach, grow and never give up. Simmons hand selects
the organizations who will benefit, and he goes beyond writing checks, he shows up. He sees the need for male role models and mentors, and he answers the call.
“Each and every day that’s my goal,” Simmons said. “If I see a young kid, I never turn a kid down for a picture because they look up to us, and we set examples by giving back to our community. We need to let these kids know they can be here, no matter if they want to be a lawyer, or whatever it may be, you know, whatever. Never give up on your dreams.”
SUSTAINABILITY
The Titans and Nissan Stadium are dedicated to promoting a sustainable future and driving impactful solutions. Our core values are closely aligned with our sustainability goals. We WIN by reducing energy, water, and waste; we SERVE by enhancing the local environment; and we ENTERTAIN by promoting and advancing initiatives with our purpose-driven partners.
In 2024, we launched two pilot programs to start our journey as we build toward the new stadium: can and bottle recycling with Coca-Cola and waste diversion with WM Advisory Services.
As we build the New Nissan Stadium, we are charting a new course to reduce waste and conserve millions of gallons of water each year.
209,000 pounds of waste diverted from landfills in 2024
1.6 million cans, cups and bottles recycled
25,100 pounds of food composted
44,460 pounds of cardboard recycled
Over 4,000 meals donated
IMPACT BY THE NUMBERS
TICKETS DONATED: 9,793
NUMBER OF EVENTS: 115
NUMBER OF T-RAC APPEARANCES: 425 HOURS
NUMBER OF CHEER APPEARANCES: 1,573 HOURS
ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVING IN-KIND DONATIONS: 161 NONPROFIT FUNDRAISERS (TICKETING): 41 CHARITABLE GIVING: $1.9M
NUMBER OF NONPROFITS/ YOUTH FOOTBALL TEAMS SERVED: 75+
NUMBER OF BLUE CREW APPEARANCES: 214 HOURS
NUMBER OF PLAYER APPEARANCES: 211
NUMBER OF ALUMNI APPEARANCES: 67
SCHOOLS ENGAGED: 185 PEOPLE ENGAGED: 200,000+
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