NASHVILLE — Tennessee Titans owner Amy Adams Strunk has streamlined the roles for the franchise’s president of football operations and general manager as her NFL club prepare to begin in earnest its search for a new head coach.
In a letter to the team’s fans Friday afternoon, Strunk said Chad Brinker, the president of football operations for the Titans, and first-year general manager Mike Borgonzi approached her a few weeks ago to talk about their evaluation of this season.
“We’re returning to a front office that feels more straightforward to them and to me,” Strunk said in the message. “Going forward, Mike will serve as general manager in the most traditional sense — pick and support the players, oversee the coaching staff — while Chad will continue to lead everything else about the football team.”
Strunk said that means Borgonzi, hired in January 2025, will lead the search for a new coach and manage the 53-player roster moving forward. That search will kick into high gear after after the Titans (3-13) close their 2025 season with Sunday afternoon’s ACF South matchup against the host Jacksonville Jaguars (12-4), who will be trying to wrap up the division championship.
Brinker will oversee salary cap management, analytics, research and development, and the team’s other football departments.
“Both will report to me, and their collective goal is to return the football team to the championship-caliber you deserve,” Strunk said.
Brinker made clear before the Titans opened training camp in July that this would be a rebuilding season, and they are wrapping up a fourth straight losing campaign since winning back-to-back AFC South titles.
Strunk fired Brian Callahan on Oct. 13, six games into his second season as head coach in Nashville and as the successor to Mike Vrabel, who led the Titans for six years. Vrabel, who spent the 2024 season as a consultant for the Cleveland Browns, returned to coaching this year with the New England Patriots and has led them to their first AFC East title since 2019.
Borgonzi is the third general manager the Titans have had in less than five years, with Strunk firing Jon Robinson late in his seventh season in December 2022 and dismissing Ran Carthon in January 2025.
One bright spot in Tennessee’s 2025 season has been quarterback Cam Ward, with the No. 1 overall pick poised to make his 17th start Sunday. That will mark just the seventh time this franchise (formerly the Houston Oilers) has had the same quarterback start every game in a season in its 29 years in Tennessee, which is third worst in the NFL in that span.
Strunk thanked fans for their support as the Titans prepare to move into their new enclosed stadium — it will also be called Nissan Stadium and is being built adjacent to the current open-air facility — for the 2027 season.
“We remain more dedicated than ever,” Strunk said, “to you, this team, Nashville, and the entire state as we build a strong foundation for the future.”