Texans to give Bill O'Brien GM title; promote Jack Easterby

Texans head coach Bill O'Brien will officially add the GM title and Jack Easterby will become executive vice president of football operations. Texans head coach Bill O'Brien will officially add the GM title and Jack Easterby will become executive vice president of football operations. Photo: Brett Coomer, Staff Photographer Photo: Brett Coomer, Staff Photographer Image 1 of / 83 Caption Close Texans to give Bill O'Brien GM title; promote Jack Easterby 1 / 83 Back to Gallery

The Texans have given coach Bill O’Brien the general manager’s title, and they’ve promoted executive vice president of team development Jack Easterby to executive vice president of football operations Tuesday.

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O’Brien has been the general manager without the title, and Easterby has been assistant general manager without the title.

“This is the way we’ve been operating for the last eight months,” owner Cal McNair said. “They led us to a 10-win season, another division title and to the divisional round of the playoffs for the fourth time. I have the utmost confidence in them. Our goal is to win championships.”

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O’Brien enters his seventh season as head coach. Easterby is in his second season after spending six years in New England's front office. Among the changes they’ve made is promoting defensive line coach Anthony Weaver to defensive coordinator and keeping defensive coordinator Romeo Crennel on the staff as assistant head coach.

Later, McNair issued a statement that read: “Preparations are underway for the 2020 season and I thought it was important to update titles, roles and responsibilities for Bill O’Brien and Jack Easterby so they more accurately reflect the way we have been operating for the past eight months.

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“I was encouraged by the progress that our team made on the field this year which was due in part to our new structure, operating approach and the leaders within our football operations group. I am proud that we provided our fans with many thrilling victories at home, including a playoff win, and we delivered another double-digit win season. Our fans deserve that, but now it is time for the organization to get back to work toward our pursuit of a world championship for the city of Houston.”

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