Source — The Cleveland Browns are set to hire Catherine Raiche (VP of football operations for the Philadelphia Eagles) to their front office
BEREA, Ohio — Cleveland BrownsCatherine Raiche, who is currently an executive at the company, will be hired. Philadelphia EaglesAccording to ESPN, a source from the league confirmed multiple reports.
Raiche was the Eagles' vice President of Football Operations.
Raiche, 33 years old, worked previously in Philadelphia with Andrew Berry, Browns general manager.
ESPN Cleveland reported that the Browns were interested in Raiche. Raiche could be the assistant general manger in Cleveland's front desk, which was vacated by Kwesi Afo-Mensah. The Minnesota VikingsAdofo-Mensah was hired as their general manager in January.
Raiche, a Montreal native, spent five years in Canada's Football League. He also managed football operations for the Toronto Argonauts before joining the Eagles as the football operations/player personnel coordinator in 2019. Berry was also appointed vice president of football operations in that year.
Berry left in 2020 to become the GM of Browns. In 2021, Raiche was promoted back to Berry's position. He became involved in contract management, pro and college scouting and player/staff development.
In the past, the Browns have employed women in key positions, including Callie Brownson who is the current team's chief-of-staff and assistant receivers coach.
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — The Eagles announced changes to their football operations department on Thursday, including a historic one: Catherine Raiche's promotion to vice president of football operations. Raiche is thought to be the highest-ranking female personnel executive in NFL history. Kelly Kleine, who was named executive director of football operations and special adviser to general manager George Paton by the Denver Broncos earlier this month, previously held that position. Raiche, a Montreal native, spent five years in the Canadian Football League, most recently as the Toronto Argonauts' director of football operations, before joining the Eagles in 2019 as their football operations/player personnel coordinator. She will be involved in pro and college scouting, contract management, player/staff development, and football research in her new position. Philadelphia also hired Dave Caldwell, a former Jacksonville general manager, as a personnel executive. Caldwell was the Jaguars' general manager from 2013 to 2020. He will help with pro and college scouting and will contribute to the Eagles' team evaluation. Among other changes, the Eagles promoted Brandon Brown and Ian Cunningham to director of player personnel, promoted Jeff Scott to senior pro scout from player personnel coordinator, and promoted Ameena Soliman from player personnel coordinator to pro scout.
