FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – In advance of the opening of training camp, the New England Patriots announced five recent personnel staff hires and four staff promotions.

Alonzo Highsmith was hired as a senior personnel executive, Casey Belongia joined the staff as an area scout (Midwest), Bob Kronenberg was added as a pro scout and A.J. Richardson and Landon Simpson were named scouting assistants.

In addition, four members of the staff received promotions. Patrick Stewart has been promoted to director of pro personnel, Sam Fioroni has been promoted to assistant director of pro personnel, Marshall Oium has been promoted to director of football strategy and Marquis Dickerson has been promoted to a pro scout.

RECENT PERSONNEL ADDITIONS

Alonzo Highsmith – Highsmith served as general manager of football operations at the University of Miami for two seasons (2022-23). Prior to Miami, he worked as the senior executive advisor to the general manager for the Seattle Seahawks (2020-22), vice president of personnel for the Cleveland Browns (2018-19), and various roles for 19 seasons with the Green Bay Packers (1999-17), including six seasons as a senior personnel executive. He was drafted with the third overall pick in the 1986 NFL Draft and played six seasons in the NFL with Houston, Dallas and Tampa Bay.

Casey Belongia – Belongia joins New England after 10 seasons in the personnel department for the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Bob Kronenberg – Kronenberg served as an assistant offensive line coach with Atlanta (2019-20) after serving as an area scout with the Falcons from 2012 through 2018. He also spent time with the Georgia Force and Nashville Katz of the AFL.

A.J. Richardson – Richardson joins New England from the University of Missouri. He played football at Boise State and spent two seasons on the Arizona Cardinals practice squad (2019-20). In 2022, he played wide receiver with the Michigan Panthers of the USFL.

Landon Simpson – Simpson joins New England after spending the last two seasons with the University of Miami as the coordinator of player personnel/head coach recruiting analyst.

PERSONNEL PROMOTIONS

Marquis Dickerson – Dickerson was recently promoted to pro scout after spending the last two seasons as a scouting assistant for the Patriots.

Sam Fioroni – Fioroni enters his fourth season with the Patriots personnel department and was promoted to assistant director of pro personnel after three years as a pro scout. He joined the Patriots after completing his MBA from the University of Notre Dame, where he also worked in the recruiting department. Prior to that, he spent three seasons with Cleveland in various roles in the scouting department.

Marshall Oium – Oium enters his seventh season with the Patriots and was recently promoted to director of football strategy after one season as assistant director of scouting and five seasons as a pro scout. Prior to joining the Patriots, Oium spent time with the Cleveland Browns, including two as a pro scout.

Patrick Stewart – Stewart was promoted to director of pro personnel. He returned to New England in 2023 after spending 11 seasons with the Patriots from 2007 through 2017. Stewart left New England to work as a national scout for Philadelphia (2018-19). He was named the director of player personnel for the Carolina Panthers in 2020 and was promoted to vice president of player personnel in 2021, a position he held for two seasons before returning to the Patriots.

2024 Player Personnel

Eliot Wolf, Executive Vice President of Player Personnel

Matt Groh, Director of Player Personnel

Alonzo Highsmith, Senior Personnel Executive

Richard Miller, Director of Research

Mike Aronian, Senior Software Engineer

Casey Belongia, Area Scout (Midwest)

Alex Brooks, Area Scout (Southwest)

Maya Ana Callender, Scouting Assistant

Emily Capprini, Software Engineer

Marquis Dickerson, Pro Scout

Matt Evans, National Scout (East)

Sam Fioroni, Assistant Director of Pro Personnel

Justin Hickman, Area Scout (Northeast)

J.T. Hill, Area Scout (West)

Josh Hinch, Area Scout (Southeast)

Tucker Ingraham, National Scout (Central)

Tony Kinkela, National Scout (West)

Bob Kronenberg, Pro Scout

Nancy Meier, Director of Scouting Administration

Marshall Oium, Director of Football Strategy

A.J. Richardson, Scouting Assistant

Keithen Shepard, Data Engineer

Landon Simpson, Scouting Assistant

Brian Smith, Personnel Coordinator

Bryson Speas, Scouting Assistant

Patrick Stewart, Director of Pro Personnel

Camren Williams, Director of College Scouting

2024 Coaching staff

Jerod Mayo, Head Coach

DeMarcus Covington, Defensive Coordinator

Jeremy Springer, Special Teams Coordinator

Alex Van Pelt, Offensive Coordinator

Brian Belichick, Safeties

Bob Bicknell, Tight Ends

Vinny DePalma, Defensive Coaching Assistant

Taylor Embree, Running Backs

Dont'a Hightower, Inside Linebackers

Tyler Hughes, Wide Receivers

Keith Jones Jr., Defensive Coaching Assistant

Robert Kugler, Assistant Offensive Line

Jamael Lett, Defensive Coaching Assistant

Brandon Martuccio, Strength and Conditioning Assistant

Deron Mayo, Head Strength and Conditioning

Ben McAdoo, Senior Offensive Assistant

Michael McCarthy, Offensive Coaching Assistant

T.C. McCartney, Quarterbacks

Brian McDonough, Assistant Strength and Conditioning

Jerry Montgomery, Defensive Line

Mike Pellegrino, Cornerbacks

Scott Peters, Offensive Line

Tom Quinn, Assistant Special Teams

Evan Rothstein, Assistant Quarterbacks

Dexter Taylor, Strength and Conditioning Assistant

Coby Tippett, Special Teams Coaching Assistant

Tiquan Underwood, Assistant Wide Receivers

Drew Wilkins, Outside Linebackers

Omar Young, Offensive Coaching Assistant