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
