Randy Mueller
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| Position: | Senior executive for football operations |
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| Born: | 1961 (age 55–56) St. Maries, Idaho |
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| College: | Linfield College |
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Randy Mueller is an American football executive who is the senior executive for football operations for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as the general manager for the NFL's Miami Dolphins and New Orleans Saints. He has over two decades of NFL front office experience.
Mueller played quarterback for Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon. As a senior in 1982, he led his team to the NAIA Division II national championship and was named Most Valuable Player of the title game.
Mueller began his front office career in 1983 as an assistant in pro personnel with the Seattle Seahawks. He was promoted the position of Player Personnel Director in 1990 - a position he held until 1995. At that time he was promoted to Vice President of Football Operations and held that post through 1999. First he traded quarterback Rick Mirer to the Chicago Bears for a 1st round pick, then Mueller selected Florida St. offensive tackle Walter Jones with the sixth-overall pick in the 1997 NFL Draft.
In 2000, Mueller became General Manager of Football Operations for the New Orleans Saints. During his first year with the team, the Saints won the NFC West title and went on to win their first playoff game in franchise history. As a result, he was named Sporting News NFL Executive of the Year in 2000.
In 2002, Mueller traded running back Ricky Williams and the team's fourth-round selection in the 2002 NFL Draft to the Miami Dolphins in exchange for their first- and fourth-round picks in 2002 and a conditional third-round pick in the 2003 NFL Draft, which became a first-round pick after Williams ran for over 1,800 yards in his first season with the Dolphins.
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