Houston Texans hire former Chiefs exec Jimmy Raye III
By Matt Conner
The Houston Texans have hired former Chiefs executive Jimmy Raye III to be their Director of Player Personnel.
The Houston Texans have made the latest addition to their front office personnel and it’s a familiar face for Kansas City fans, who might recognize the name Jimmy Raye III from his days with the Chiefs.
The Raye family should be familiar to Chiefs fans, although it might be easy to get some names confused. In this instance, Jimmy Raye III was with the Chiefs for only one season, back in 1995 as a quality control coach. That was Marty Schottenheimer’s 13-3 season with Steve Bono and Marcus Allen on offense and Neil Smith, Dale Carter and, of course, Derrick Thomas on defense. That season was Raye III’s first year as a non-player and his only as a coach of any kind. From there he joined the scouting ranks and has been climbing the ladder ever since.
Raye’s own father, Jimmy Raye II, was the Chiefs offensive coordinator from 1998-2000 and was with the team from 1992 until 2000 as a running backs coach and tight ends coach before becoming OC. He was offensive coordinator through the Elvis Grbac years, when Gunther Cunningham was handed the torch from Schottenheimer.
As for Jimmy Raye III, he joins the Texans after spending the last few years with their rivals, the Indianapolis Colts. Raye lost his job in the hiring of Chris Ballard as the Colts new GM and the ensuing turnover in the front office. Before the Colts, Raye was with the San Diego Chargers for 17 seasons in several roles.