Oklahoma general manager Jim Nagy has added to his front office staff.
The Sooners are hiring Charlie Parkinson, who along with Nagy, confirmed the news on social media on Monday. Parkinson will serve as OU’s assistant director of college scouting.
Parkinson spent the past season as a scouting assistant with Nagy at the Senior Bowl. Parkinson previously served as a football recruiting and player personnel assistant at Wake Forest and as a football recruiting assistant at his alma mater, Amherst College.
Parkinson played defensive line at Amherst College and previously worked for the 33rd Team, an NFL think tank.
Parkinson joins assistant general manager Taylor Redd and director of high school recruiting Kale Pearson on Nagy’s staff.
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Here, Esiason was specific. Multiple owners didn’t want Sanders on the board.
