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**Brian Xanders**
Brian Xanders
Date of birth	1972 (age 36–37)
Position(s)	General Manager
College	Florida State
	Team(s) as a coach/administrator
1994-2007; ; ; ; 2008; ; ; 2009-present	Atlanta Falcons; (Director of Football Administration/Player Personnel Analyst); Denver Broncos; (Player Personnel/Salary Cap Manager/Football Operations); Denver Broncos; (General Manager)

Brian Xanders is the current General Manager of the NFL's Denver Broncos.

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Brian Xanders in 2009 enters his 16th NFL season and his second year with the Denver Broncos, who promoted him to general manager on Feb. 12, 2009. Xanders spent his first 14 NFL seasons (1994-2007) working with the Atlanta Falcons before he was named assistant general manager of the Broncos on May 5, 2008.

Xanders leads all initiatives in evaluating player talent for the Broncos while directing the club's college scouting department through the NFL Draft and the pro personnel department with offseason acquisitions. He also supervises the Broncos' football operations, labor operations, equipment, medical, video, football information systems and turf operations departments.

During Xanders' first offseason as general manager in 2009, the Broncos led the NFL in both new player acquisitions (46) and unrestricted free agent signings (16). Among the new additions to the Broncos was seven-time Pro Bowl safety Brian Dawkins, whom the club signed from the Philadelphia Eagles.

In addition, Denver executed five trades during the 2009 offseason that yielded seven players (quarterback Kyle Orton and six players selected in the 2009 NFL Draft). The Broncos are set to enter the 2009 season with nine new projected starters (offense and defense) acquired by the club through the draft, free agency and trades.

Xanders, 38, brings a diverse foundation of NFL experience to front office management. He owns 13 years of experience with college scouting evaluations at more than 80 colleges in 35 different states. He also has worked in pro personnel for seven seasons. In addition, he was on the Falcons' coaching staff for five seasons and has been involved in labor negotiations for eight years.

Xanders was employed by the Falcons from 1994-2007 in a variety of football operations positions, working under seven different head coaches during that period. He was a member of the Falcons' defensive coaching staff on their 1998 team that became the first in franchise history to earn a Super Bowl berth (XXXIII).

A former middle linebacker who played for Bobby Bowden at Florida State University from 1989-92, Xanders was a member of four bowl-winning teams with the Seminoles that had a 42-7 combined record. He was an All-Atlantic Coast Conference academic team selection and graduated from FSU with a master's degree in business administration (MBA) and a bachelor's degree in business management.

Selected by the Falcons to attend Stanford University's NFL Program for Managers in 2005, Xanders has given speeches at several universities on labor economics and player personnel issues.

Brian and his wife, Amy, reside in Parker, Colo., with their two children-Reid (6) and Mary Claire (3).

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Preceded by Mike Shanahan (de facto)	Denver Broncos General Manager 2009–present	Succeeded by Incumbent