Responsible for the club's entire football operations, Executive Vice President/General Manager Mickey Loomis enters his 22nd season in his current position and 24th with the Saints. He is a veteran of 37 years in the NFL and during his time in New Orleans has been honored with the most prestigious awards presented to a league executive. Yet the most satisfying achievement of Loomis' career has come in helping mold a roster that has produced many of the franchise's finest moments over the last 17 seasons, including the Super Bowl XLIV championship.
Loomis was promoted to general manager in 2002 and earned the additional title of executive vice president later that year. The departments under his direction include coaching, player personnel and scouting, salary cap management, contract negotiations, athletic training, equipment, video and communications.
In 2006 - after being the key figure in the hiring of Head Coach Sean Payton, the signing of QB Drew Brees and essentially rebuilding a team that would advance to the NFC Championship – Loomis was voted the NFL Executive of the Year by Pro Football Weekly/Pro Football Writers of America. He was also honored by The Sporting News as the George Young Executive of the Year, an award voted on annually by NFL front-office executives and owners.
Loomis has continued to build on the success of 2006, highlighted by ten winning seasons, nine postseason appearances, seven division titles, three NFC Championship game berths and the Super Bowl victory. Over the past 17 years, he's brought aboard a group of players who have played a key role in New Orleans posting a 175-116 overall record through a combination of the draft, free agency and trades. He's also presided over the club's ability to retain their core players, re-signing significant contributors to long-term contracts. In 2022, Loomis conducted an extensive coaching search on behalf of the organization to lead the Saints into the future and following the search, Dennis Allen was promoted from defensive coordinator and hired as the Saints' 17th head coach in franchise history.
While his responsibilities have grown during his Saints tenure, Loomis has been a key figure in the highest management circle of the organization since arriving in 2000. Loomis joined the club as director of football administration, a post he held until 2002, handling contract negotiations, managing the salary cap and coordinating different areas of the football operations.
In 2005, Loomis helped steer the club through unprecedented challenges for a National Football League team. He calmly guided the staff and players through a sudden evacuation from New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, in addition to several moves of the club's base of operations.
Since 2003, Loomis has overseen four extensive renovations of Saints headquarters that have added an indoor practice facility, new weight room and cafeteria and completely renovated coaches and player personnel offices, meeting rooms, medical/rehab areas and locker rooms, giving the club one of the NFL's top training complexes in the Ochsner Sports Performance Center.
Prior to arriving in New Orleans, Loomis spent 15 years with the Seattle Seahawks, including as executive vice president from 1992-98. He joined the Seahawks in October, 1983, was promoted to vice president/finance in 1990 and to Executive Vice President in 1992.A native of Eugene, Ore., Loomis has a degree in accounting from the University of Oregon and a Master's Degree in Sports Administration from Wichita State University.
Married to Melanie, Loomis has four children: Alex, Katherine, Sam and Lucy.
