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Patriots’ Matt Groh promoted to director of player personnel

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Patriots reveal Dave Ziegler’s replacement in personnel department originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston

One piece of the New England Patriots’ staffing puzzle has fallen into place.

The Patriots named Matt Groh as their director of player personnel Tuesday. Groh fills the role last held by Dave Ziegler, who took the Raiders’ general manager job earlier this offseason to join new Las Vegas head coach Josh McDaniels.

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Groh, the son of former Patriots player and assistant coach Al Groh, has been with the organization since 2011, when he got his start as a scouting assistant. The Hingham, Mass., native and Princeton alum spent six seasons as an area scout and two seasons as a national scout before being promoted to director of college scouting in 2021.

Groh joined Ziegler and front office consultant Eliot Wolf during…

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