AFC Staff Changes: Titans, Dolphins, Browns

The Titans have made a few more additions to their front office, per a team announcement.

Daryl Nelson has come aboard as the senior director of player development and performance integration. From 2023 to 2025, he served as the Raiders’ director of team growth and development, per his LinkedIn. He previously worked for the Patriots from 2016 to 2023 with five years in the athletic training department and one as New England’s director of organizational development.

Nelson’s new role will involve coordinating between the Titans’ coaching, analytics, and athletic training departments to advance the development of their young roster. His background as a trainer will obviously contribute to this effort;. In Las Vegas, he also prioritized players’ off-field education and overall well-being.

The Titans also hired Kwame Agyei-Minta and Jacob Reeves as scouting assistants. Agyei-Minta has worked for the University of South Carolina since 2023, primarily as a player personnel and recruiting assistant with a promotion to assistant director of scouting earlier this year (via LinkedIn). Reeves, a former defensive lineman at Southeastern University, was formerly an intern with the Falcons and the NFL’s BLESTO scouting service. His most recent role was as the assistant director of college personnel at the University of Florida, a position he held for the last three years.

• Tennessee is also expecting the eventual departure of assistant special teams coach Rayna Stewart. Special teams coordinator John Fassell said (via Main Street Media’s Terry McCormick) that he fought to keep Stewart amid the Titans’ coaching changes this offseason but believes he should get a chance at his own coordinator job in the near future.
• The Dolphins have hired former Rice University intern Savan Patel as a football analytics staff assistant, per Neal Stratton of InsideTheLeague. Patel worked in video operations, recruiting, and scouting at Rice dating back to 2022 and also interned with the MLB’s Houston Astros in 2025.
• The Browns are promoting Josh Meyer from scouting assistant to West Coast area scout, according to Stratton. Meyer previously worked in personnel and recruiting at the University of Michigan.
• Cleveland also promoted Kathleen Wood to scouting assessment and development advisor (via Stratton). She has held a similar role since 2024; for four years before that, she was an Northeast area scout. Wood also has past experience with the Dolphins, Bills, and Eagles.