Mickey Loomis is the executive vice president and

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of the NFL's

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. He was named NFL executive of the year for 2006. From 2012-2019, he was also head of basketball operations for the

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of the

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. Loomis grew up in

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, and graduated from

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in 1974, then attended

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in Eugene, where he played basketball. He earned his degree in accounting from the

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and a master's degree in sports administration from

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. Before coming to the Saints, Loomis spent 15 years in the

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organization. Loomis joined the Saints in 2000 and became general manager in 2002. He was with the Saints when they were forced to relocate to

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in the wake of

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, and helped rebuild the team afterward, culminating in its victory in

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., also reprinte
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Loomis was one of the Saints officials to be penalized in 2012 in the aftermath of the

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, in which an NFL investigation found that players were paid bonuses from a pool for their on-field performance, including, allegedly, deliberately trying to knock opposing players out of games. A league investigation found that Saints team owner

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had ordered Loomis to shut the program down, but Loomis failed to do so.Full NFL statement
on bounty investigation As a result, Loomis was suspended for the first 8 games of the

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. In April 2012,

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's ''

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'' reported allegations that Loomis had an illegal eavesdropping device that allowed him to listen to real-time playcalls of opposing coaches during the 2002–2004 seasons. Loomis denied the allegation, calling the report "absolutely false", and in August 2012, the

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announced that a four-month investigation had found no evidence to corroborate the allegations."State Police find no evidence that Saints GM Mickey Loomis eavesdropped"
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'', August 13, 2012. In June 2012, Loomis was named head of basketball operations for the Hornets after Tom Benson bought the team. In this capacity, from 2012-2019, Loomis was responsible for overseeing interim Pelicans general manager Danny Ferry.

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