Greg Wiley is the Director of Public Relations for the Philadelphia Charge soccer team. He believes interns should learn all aspects of the job, not just when they get a full-time position. Wiley tells interns that mistakes they make will be corrected by him so their job is not at risk. He looks for interns who are eager to learn and want responsibility.

1. Greg Wiley
Director of Public Relations
for the Philadelphia Charge
By Beau Miller

2. Internship Program
 Is in charge of the Internship Program for the
Philadelphia Charge of the Women’s United Soccer
Association
 “Think of an Intern as a draft pick who needs playing
time to develop”
 Believes every intern should learn the ins and outs of
the job not just when they get the full time position
 “I tell them, ‘It’s not your neck that’s on the line. If I don’t
like it, I’ll give it back to you and show you how it should
be done.’”

3. Career Path
 Interned at WFAN Radio
 Worked at Major League Soccer’s New York/New
Jersey MetroStars
 Also worked in his college sports information
department
 Went from working in a Independent league baseball
club to a New York Public relations firm handling music
accounts

4. Interesting Quote and
Statements
 “You don’t need to have all the experience in the world
to work with me,”
 That freedom to learn on the job, to make mistakes
now rather than later, is yet one more advantage of
choosing a situation that will allow an intern to get dirty
and involved.
 Not worrying about their job being on the line allows
interns more creativity
 “I look for people who are eager to learn and want to
take on responsibility”

6. John Idzik
 General Manager of the New York Jets

7. Background
 John Idzik Jr. was born in 1961
in Detroit, Michigan
 Son of Former NFL Assistant
Coach John Idzik (also was a
head coach in the CFL)
 John Idzik Sr. played in the
marines and later went to play
fullback at the University of
Maryland in the late 1940’s
 Was a coach for 10 different
teams during a 27 year career

8. Early Life
 Graduated from Dartmouth in 1982 earning a bachelor’s degree in
mathematics
 Also played Wide Receiver for the Football Team
 In 1982 he became the wide receiver coach at the State University of New
York at Buffalo
 Went to work for IBM for 6 years
 The International Business Machines Corporation
 In 1990 he became the offensive backfield coach for the Aberdeen Oilers
(Scotland) of the British American Football league
 Then became a graduate assistant coach at Duke University during the 1991-
1992 seasons
 While he was at Duke he also earned his master’s degree

9. T a m p a B a y
Buccaneers
(1993-2004)
 Was hired in 1993 by the Tampa Bay
Buccaneers where he was hired as a Pro
Personnel Assistant
 Was promoted in 1996 to Director of
Football Administration
 In 2001 he became the Assistant General
Manager
 The Buccaneers would win their first
Super Bowl in 2002

10. Arizona Cardinals (2004-
2007)
 In 2004 he was hired by the
Arizona Cardinals to become
their new Director of Football
Operations
 During the 2008 season they
went on to win the NFC
Championship
 Lost to the Steelers in Super
Bowl XLIII (43) 27-23 in the
final seconds of the game

11. Seattle Seahawks (2007-
2012)
 Joined Seattle in 2007
 Overseeing player negotiations
 The teams compliance with the NFL salary
cap
 Player personal transactions,
 All football operations budgets
 Staff and team contracts,
 Team travel
 Most aspects of the day-to-day football
operations
 Also served as the club’s primary liaison to
the NFL office

12. New York Jets (2013-present)
 Was named the General
Manager of the Jets on January
24, 2013
 Went 8-8 first season as GM
 Jets are $22 Million under the
Salary Cap under Isdik
 http://www.nj.com/jets/index.ssf/
2014/10/watch_jets_gm_john_id
zik_on_trading_with_seahawks_
for_percy_harvin.html

13. Why Football?
 He chose a life in football because his father was a coach
and he grew up in the sport
 As a kid, he would watch hours of game tape with his father
 When he was a teenager he used go to the New York Jets
training camps
 Later went on to play Wide Receiver at Dartmouth
 Won two Ivy League titles
 Earned a tryout with the New England Patriots but didn’t
make the team

14. Works Cited
 Cimini, Rich. "A Football Man down to The core." ESPN.
ESPN Internet Ventures, 20 Jan. 2013. Web. 21 Oct. 2014.
 Cosentino, Dom. "WATCH: Jets GM John Idzik on Trading
with Seahawks for Percy Harvin." NJ.com. N.p., 20 Oct.
2014. Web. 21 Oct. 2014.
 Shpigel, Ben. "Jets’ Remodeler Refined His Style Over the
Years." The New York Times. The New York Times, 24 Apr.
2013. Web. 21 Oct. 2014.
 "Sports Career Spotlight." : Greg Wiley, Philadelphia
Charge. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Oct. 2014.