Omar R. Khan (born February 7, 1977) is an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

executive who is the

general manager A general manager (GM) is an executive who has overall responsibility for managing both the revenue and cost elements of a company's income statement, known as profit & loss (P&L) responsibility. A general manager usually oversees most or all of ...

of the

Pittsburgh Steelers The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional American football team based in Pittsburgh. The Steelers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) North division. Founded in , the Steel ...

of the

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(NFL). Prior to serving with the Steelers, Khan previously served with the

New Orleans Saints The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans. The Saints compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) South division. Since 1975, the te ...

for four seasons.

Early years

Khan was born and raised in

New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans
Merriam-Webster. ; french: La Nouvelle-Orléans , es, Nuev ...

. His mother is a native of

Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...

and his father is from

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

. After graduating in 1994 from

Archbishop Rummel High School Archbishop Rummel High School is a Catholic, Lasallian secondary school for boys located in Metairie, a community in unincorporated Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. The school is named after Archbishop Joseph Rummel, a former Archbishop in the Arc ...

in Metairie, he matriculated to

Tulane University Tulane University, officially the Tulane University of Louisiana, is a private university, private research university in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded as the Medical College of Louisiana in 1834 by seven young medical doctors, it turned into ...

from which he earned a degree in Sports Management with a minor in Business Administration in 3 years.

Executive career

Tulane

As a student, Khan worked with the Tulane football team as an undergraduate assistant.

New Orleans Saints

In 1997, Khan was hired by the

to serve in their football operations department. Khan previously served as a scouting and personnel intern with the Saints while he was a student at Tulane.

Pittsburgh Steelers

In 2001, Khan was hired by the

to serve as their football operations coordinator in their football operations and player personnel department. In that role he has helped to assemble two Super Bowl winners. Along with general manager

Kevin Colbert Kevin Colbert (; born January 1957) is a former American football executive. He served as the general manager of Pittsburgh Steelers from 2000 to 2021. Colbert is widely credited with putting together the Super Bowl XL and the Super Bowl XLIII ...

, in 20 seasons they have drafted and signed/extended over 30 Pro Bowl players. In 2011, Khan was promoted to director of football administration and in 2016, he was promoted to vice president of football and business administration. In 2022, Steelers President Art Rooney II hired Omar Khan as the team's new general manager and successor to Kevin Colbert.

References

1977 births Living people American football executives American people of Honduran descent American people of Indian descent National Football League general managers New Orleans Saints executives Pittsburgh Steelers executives Sportspeople from Louisiana Tulane University alumni {{Amfootbio-stub