Trip MacCracken: Difference between revisions

MacCracken graduated from [[Hawken School]], where he captained the football and baseball teams, and became an undergraduate at [[Hamilton College (New York)|Hamilton College]]. During his junior year, he went off campus to do an internship at the White House. While in Washington, MacCracken also found work as an intern with the [[Washington Redskins]]. After Hamilton, MacCracken continued his work with the Redskins while receiving his J.D. at [[Duke Law School]]. He also spent a summer working for the [[National Football League Management Council|NFL Management Council]], which represents ownership in the Collective Bargaining Agreement. Upon graduation from law school in 1999, MacCracken joined the [[Cleveland Browns]] for their first season as an expansion team. He spent eleven years with the [[Cleveland Browns]], where he was in charge of managing the salary cap and the team's chief contract negotiator.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.kcchiefs.com/news/article-2/CLARK-NAMED-STRENGTH-COACH-MacCRACKEN-HIRED-AS-DIR-OF-FB-ADMINISTRATION/f24e4cac-cb63-469a-88fc-724656e3e039 | title = CLARK NAMED STRENGTH COACH, MacCRACKEN HIRED AS DIR. OF FB ADMINISTRATION | accessdate = 2010-12-11 | date = 2010-02-25 | work = KCChiefs.com | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110713141431/http://www.kcchiefs.com/news/article-2/CLARK-NAMED-STRENGTH-COACH-MacCRACKEN-HIRED-AS-DIR-OF-FB-ADMINISTRATION/f24e4cac-cb63-469a-88fc-724656e3e039 | url-status = dead | archivedate = 2011-07-13}}</ref> He was hired by the Kansas City Chiefs in 2010 as Director of Football Administration.<ref>{{Cite web| last = Florio| first = Mike| title = Chiefs hire Trip MacCracken, Mike Clark| publisher = ProFootballTalk.com| date = February 25, 2010| url = http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/02/25/chiefs-hire-trip-maccracken-mike-clark/| accessdate = February 27, 2010}}</ref> He was fired by the Chiefs in May 2017.<ref>{{cite news|last=Paylor|first=Terez|url=https://www.kansascity.com/sports/nfl/kansas-city-chiefs/article150631647.html|title=Chiefs’Chiefs' pro scouting, football administration directors won’twon't return|newspaper=[[The Kansas City Star]]|date=May 15, 2017|accessdate=October 14, 2019}}</ref> He joined the Guardians of the newly-formed [[XFL (2020)|XFL]] in 2019 as Director of Player Personnel.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.xfl.com/en-US/articles/the-new-york-guardians-are-on-duty-in-february-2020|title=The New York Guardians are #OnDuty in February 2020|work=[[XFL (2020)|XFL]]|date=September 20, 2019|accessdate=October 14, 2019}}</ref>