Nebraska hires Patriots professional workforce director Pat Stewart to supervise recruiting and retention as GM

LINCOLN, Neb. — Pat Stewart, the New England Patriots’ director of professional workforce the previous two seasons, will sign up for Nebraska trainer Matt Rhule’s workforce as basic supervisor, the college introduced.Stewart, who was once participant workforce director for the Carolina Panthers when Rhule coached them from 2020-22, will oversee the Cornhuskers’ roster control and participant acquisition, together with highschool and switch portal recruiting, analysis and retention.“We’re transferring into an technology in faculty soccer the place roster control and retention extra intently resembles the Nationwide Soccer League style,” Rhule mentioned. “Pat Stewart will assist us set up our roster and perform in some way that may assist give Nebraska the chance to compete as some of the elite techniques within the nation. Pat and I’ve enjoy running in combination up to now, and I sit up for him becoming a member of our Nebraska Soccer circle of relatives.”Stewart first labored within the NFL for the Patriots from 2007-17 and the Philadelphia Eagles in 2018-19 prior to he joined the Panthers. He returned to the Patriots in 2023.