Brian Gutekunst

Brian Gutekunst

Green Bay Packers
Position:	General manager
Personal information
Born:	(1973-07-19) July 19, 1973 Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.
Career information
College:	Wisconsin–La Crosse (1993–1994)
Career history
As a coach:
Wisconsin–La Crosse (1995–1996) Linebackers coach
As an executive:
Kansas City Chiefs (1998) Scout Green Bay Packers (1999–2011) Scout Green Bay Packers (2012–2015) Director of college scouting Green Bay Packers (2016–2017) Director of player personnel Green Bay Packers (2018–present) General manager
Career highlights and awards
Super Bowl champion (XLV)
Executive profile at PFR

Brian Willis Gutekunst (born July 19, 1973) is an American football executive who is the general manager for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He joined the team in 1998 and served as a scout and assistant executive before being promoted to general manager in 2018.

Biography

Gutekunst was born on July 19, 1973, in Raleigh, North Carolina. His father, John Gutekunst, was the head coach of the Minnesota Golden Gophers football team. Gutekunst attended the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse. During his time there, he played defensive back on the football team before suffering a career-ending shoulder injury. Afterwards, he served as an assistant coach with the team, including during their 1995 Division III National Championship season.

Scouting career

Gutekunst spent most of the 1998 NFL season with the Kansas City Chiefs as a scouting assistant. He then joined the Packers as a college scout for the East Coast of the United States. Gutekunst assumed his position as director of college scouting in 2012. He was promoted to director of player personnel in March 2016.

General manager career

In January 2018, Packers general manager Ted Thompson, who had been recently diagnosed with a neurodegenerative disorder, assumed a reduced role and named Gutekunst to the position after interviewing other internal candidates.

2018

The Packers were over the salary cap for the upcoming 2018 season, as Jordy Nelson and Morgan Burnett would end it up intro their new teams in free agents and traded away former first round draft pick Damarious Randall to the Cleveland Browns for DeShone Kizer. In 2018 NFL Draft the Gutekunst selected Jaire Alexander out the University of Louisville with 18th pick of first round, later in the draft Gutekunst selected DB Joshua Jackson from Iowa, LB Oren Burks from Vanderbilt, WRs J'Mon Moore in four round, Marquez Valdes-Scantling in fifth round and Equanimeous St. Brown from Notre Dame who ended up in sixth round. they also drafted J. K. Scott and Hunter Bradley. On December 2, 2018, after a 4–7–1 start, the team fire Mike McCarthy.

2019

On January 7th 2019 the Packers hire Matt LaFleur as their new head coach. in offseason the Packers lost Randall Cobb and Clay Matthews in free agents, but they sign former Chicago Bears Safety Adrian Amos and Linebackers Preston Smith and Za'Darius Smith. In 2019 NFL Draft the team selected Michigan Linebacker Rashan Gary with 12th pick and Maryland Safety Darnell Savage with 21st pick, later in the draft the team selected Elgton Jenkins from Mississippi State in second round.

External links

• Green Bay Packers bio