Dennis Hickey is the assistant director of player personnel for the

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. He was previously a senior college scout for the

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& former

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of the

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of the

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(NFL).

Early life and early career

In 1990, Hickey failed to procure a football scholarship at the

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. Hickey instead played football for Coffeyville Community College, where he led the team to a junior college football championship. Eventually however, Hickey finally caught on with Tulsa, playing safety for the team for 3 seasons. In 1991 Tulsa finished the season 10-2.

Career

NFL career

Prior to being hired by Miami, Hickey worked in the

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football operations group, serving in a number of personnel roles. He worked under general managers Rich McKay, Bruce Allen and

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and alongside head coaches Tony Dungy,

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and

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. On January 27, 2014, Hickey was hired by the Dolphins as their new GM. One of his first changes upon being hired by the Dolphins was the development of a football analytics department. He was fired on January 2, 2016. On May 19, 2017, Hickey was hired by the

as a senior college scout. On May 9, 2022, it was announced Hickey was leaving the Bills to join the

as an assistant director of player personnel. He reunites with

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, who worked with Hickey as a director of player personnel & assistant general manager in Miami & Buffalo, respectively.

References

Living people Tampa Bay Buccaneers executives Miami Dolphins executives Tulsa Golden Hurricane football players National Football League general managers 1970 births {{Amfoot-bio-stub