Vanderbilt’s Jason Grooms has taken the role of chief of staff for football operations at Texas. This was previously held by Fernando Lovo.
Grooms was involved in many facets of the Vanderbilt football program, including day-to-day operations, budget control, team travel, player development, office organization including staff and personnel coordination, and the Gridiron Club, per Vanderbilt’s website.
Grooms has been an active member of the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) since 2001. He served as president of the AFCA’s Director of Football Operations group in 2017, in a year where the group’s yearly agenda was diversity and inclusion in college football. He has been a trustee for the organization as of 2018.
In 2013, Grooms was named FootballScoop.com’s 2013 Director of Football Operations of the Year for his contributions at Ohio.
Ok I will be the one to ask what does a Chief of Staff of Football Operations do?