NASHVILLE — The Tennessee Titans have hired San Francisco 49ers director of player personnel Ran Carthon as their general manager.
The Titans announced the hiring Wednesday, wrapping up a search that formally started Jan. 12. Carthon, who will be the franchise’s first minority GM, is tentatively scheduled to be introduced at a news conference Friday.
Team owner Amy Adams Strunk, who ran the search committee that interviewed seven candidates, said in a release that the Titans are excited to add Carthon with his variety of experience as a player, scout and personnel executive.
“I was impressed with his natural leadership qualities and his ability to connect with people,” Strunk said. “With talent evaluation being critical to this role, the roster they have built in San Francisco stands out. He played an important role there constructing one of our league’s best teams.”
Carthon will be the sixth minority among the past eight GMs hired in the NFL, which has held two programs since late May to promote more minority candidates for front office jobs. Carthon, who will be 42 on Feb. 10, attended that first session last May.