He joined the
Washington Redskins scouting department as an intern during the team's
training camp in 1990. He joined the front-office of the newly-founded
World League of American Football as a league scout before becoming the director of player personnel for the
London Monarchs in 1991. He spent one and a half seasons in the
Canadian Football League (CFL) as a director of scouting and player personnel for the
Ottawa Rough Riders and
Saskatchewan Roughriders from 1993 to 1994. Maccagnan was reunited with the
Washington Redskins as a scout from 1995 to 2000. He then joined the
Houston Texans shortly after
Charley Casserly's appointment as general manager. He spent 15 years with the organization, starting as a coordinator of college scouting, rising in 2011 to director of college scouting. Maccagnan was hired as the general manager of the
New York Jets on January 13, 2015. Shortly following his hiring,
Arizona Cardinals defensive coordinator
Todd Bowles was hired as the new head coach. On December 29, 2017 it was announced that Maccagnan had signed a contract extension through 2020. He was fired by the Jets on May 15, 2019, and was replaced by
Joe Douglas in June. Maccagnan currently works as a Football Evaluation Specialist for SūmerSports, and is a featured scout in SūmerSports’ NFL draft evaluation show, THE EVALUATION. ==References==