Buffalo Bills general manager Buddy NixORCHARD PARK, N.Y. – Buddy Nix is stepping down as the Buffalo Bills general manager, the team announced on Monday.
Nix will remain with the team in a new role as special assistant, the Bills said in a released statement. Nix is a former football coach at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
Assistant GM Doug Whaley, entering his fourth season in Buffalo, is expected to take over. He was signed to a long-term contract extension in January. Though the Bills did not immediately announce Nix’s replacement, the team has spent much of the offseason grooming Whaley, a former executive with the Steelers and a former player at Pitt, to take over.
The move did not come as a surprise, and comes after Nix oversaw the draft in which the Bills opened by selecting quarterback EJ Manuel.
Nix and team president Russ Brandon were set to discuss the move later in the day.