Ted Sundquist Carl Mathew Theodore " Ted " Sundquist II ( born May 1 , 1962 ) is an American football player , manager and commentator . He spent sixteen years working in the National Football League for the Denver Broncos franchise . Sundquist was hired in 1992 as the Player Personnel Assistant , and two years later promoted to Director of College Scouting . In 2001 , Pat Bowlen promoted Sundquist to General Manager . Early life . Sundquist was born in Houston , Texas and attended Spring Woods High School in Houston , Texas , where he played football , and was a teammate of future Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens . College football . Sundquist graduated in 1984 from the United States Air Force Academy , located in Colorado Springs , Colorado where he played fullback for the Falcon football team . He was team captain in 1983 . The Falcons had bowl victories over Vanderbilt ( 1982 Hall of Fame Bowl ) & Mississippi ( 1983 Independence Bowl ) while Sundquist was on the team . Sundquist returned to Air Force as an assistant coach in 1989 , and named head coach of the United States Air Force Academy Prep School from 1990 to 1992 . Bobsled . During his posting in Berlin , Sundquist trained for and became a member of the 1984 - 1988 U . S . National Bobsled Team . Sundquist competed in the 1988 Olympic trials , but they were cut short due to a shoulder injury . NFL executive . Denver Broncos . Sundquist joined the Broncos in 1993 as a scout as Player Personnel Assistant ( 1992 - 1994 ) , Director of Scouting from 1995 - 2001 and then promoted to General Manager . At the age of 33 Sundquist served as College Scouting Director and was in that role during the Broncos ' back - to - back Super Bowl wins in 1997 and 1998 . He supervised pro and college scouting , and was responsible for salary cap and contract analysis . Sundquist was promoted to GM in 2002 by owner Pat Bowlen after being pursued by both the Chicago Bears and Atlanta Falcons organizations . He was also a finalist for the President position with the Seattle Seahawks in 2004 . He started at GM with five consecutive winning seasons , a franchise record . Sundquist left the Broncos following a 7 - 9 record in 2007 Denver Broncos season . Acquired Talent . During his tenure , Sundquist helped Denver land players such as John Lynch , Daniel Graham , Al Wilson , John Mobley , Brandon Marshall , Mike Anderson , Olandis Gary , Clinton Portis ( WAS ) , Reggie Hayward ( JAX ) , Trevor Pryce ( BAL ) , Brian Griese ( TB ) , Deltha O ' Neal ( NE ) , and Nick Harris ( DET ) . Sundquist was known for being one of the more active GMs in player acquisition through drafting , signing free agents and trades . Under Sundquist , the Broncos became one of the league ' s most active traders . His most notable move came just before the 2004 season , when he dealt star running back Clinton Portis to the Washington Redskins in exchange for cornerback Champ Bailey , another to obtain Dre Bly from the Detroit Lions , and a No . 2 draft pick that turned out to be Tatum Bell . He also engineered a 2006 draft - day deal with St . Louis allowing Denver to move from the No . 29 overall pick to No . 11 , where they selected Vanderbilt quarterback Jay Cutler . As a result , Sundquist ' s GM term was the start of a franchise - record five consecutive winning seasons . Post - Broncos career . In the 2008 - 2009 football season , Sundquist worked as an expert analyst and editorial commentator with ProFootballTalk . com . In early 2009 , Sundquist was mentioned in several general manager searches across the National Football League , including the Kanasas City Chiefs who interviewed Sundquist for their open GM position . In December 2010 , Sundquist interviewed for the open GM position with the San Francisco 49ers . Sundquist was also a candidate included in the New York Jets 2013 GM search . Sundquist will release his first book June 7 , 2013 titled " Taking Your Team to the Top : How to Build and Manage Great Teams like the Pros . "