Saints Announce Staff Promotions, Hires

The New Orleans Saints have announced offseason football staff promotions and hires.

The New Orleans Saints made several key staff additions and promotions during the offseason, starting with vice president of football administration Khai Harley. The longtime mastermind of revamping the Saints' salary cap received a promotion to attach the title of assistant general manager to his role. NFL Combine Scout Matt Phillips was elevated to area scout while scouting coordinator Will Martinez is the new combine scout.

New Orleans made two essential hires to upgrade its analytics department, landing Scott Kuhn and Zach Stuart. Kuhn will serve as the director of football administration after 23 years of NFL experience in the front office and scouting analytics department. Stuart left the New York Jets organization to join the Saints as the new director of analytics.

The other new appointments are:

• Ziad Qubti as college scouting coordinator
• Rishi Desai as a scouting assistant
• Matt Giordano as a defensive assistant

OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

SCOTT KUHN

Kuhn comes to the Saints with 23 years of experience in NFL front offices, with extensive experience in college and pro scouting and analytics. He spent the past 16 seasons as a Minnesota Vikings player personnel member. In 2022, he was promoted to director of football quantitative methods/pro scout, overseeing research analysis and project development. He also continued in a pro scout role, which he held since first joining the team in 2007. From 2016-21, he served as analytics/pro scout director. Before joining the Vikings, Kuhn worked with the Miami Dolphins as college scouting coordinator for five seasons of a six-year tenure with the club from 2000-06. A 1997 Kansas State University graduate, Kuhn holds an anthropology degree.

ZACH STUART

Stuart comes to New Orleans after serving as the New York Jets analytics coordinator since 2020. During his tenure in New York, Stuart worked with the team's player personnel department, coaching staff, and sports science department, designing and enhancing football applications that assist in areas such as free agency and draft analysis, the use of metrics and analysis to help improve on-field performance and team performance, as well as developing tools to manage player load. Stuart graduated from Lindenwood University in 2014 with a bachelor's degree in mathematics. He received his master's in statistics from the University of New Mexico in 2018, from where he is also completing his doctoral studies in statistics.

ZIAD QUBTI

Qubti comes to New Orleans after serving in college football operations for the past four years. Qubti served as assistant to the head coach at Louisiana Tech University from 2022-23, where he supported Head Coach Sonny Cumbie and the football staff in multiple facets. He served as the football team's Pro Player and NFL Scout liaison. He coordinated team travel, organized and managed the team's calendar, and worked with multiple departments and university stakeholders for football-related projects. Qubti received his bachelor's degree in business management from Texas Tech in 2021, where he served as an offensive student assistant for three years.

MATT GIORDANO

Giordano is a nine-year veteran safety in the NFL playing ranks who served as head coach of his alma mater, Buchanan (Clovis, Calif.) High School from 2016-21, where he amassed a 51-16 record. Originally a fourth-round draft pick (135th overall) of the Indianapolis Colts in 2005 out of the University of California, Giordano enjoyed a nine-year playing career with the Colts (2005-08), Green Bay Packers (2009), New Orleans (2010), Oakland Raiders (2011-12) and St. Louis Rams (2013). He started 30-of-116 career games and accumulated 202 career tackles, one sack, 11 interceptions (including two returned for touchdowns, 16 passes defended, two forced fumbles, 52 special teams tackles, and one coverage fumble recovery.

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