highlights birth_place article_title position birth_date college name
= red bank , new jersey billy devaney
 general manager 7 march 1955 elon billy devaney
billy devaney

william joseph peter francis `` billy '' devaney -lrb- born march 7 , 1955 -rrb- is a professional american football analyst on espn .
prior to that devaney was a football executive .
he was the general manager for the st. louis rams of the national football league from 2008 to 2011 .
he formerly was an assistant to the general manager with the atlanta falcons .
he replaced the longtime rams president of football operations , jay zygmunt , at the end of the 2008 season .
devaney began his career serving as the director of pro personnel under bobby beathard during his time with the san diego chargers from 1990 to 2000 .
he also worked a brief stint with the san francisco 49ers for three seasons .
devaney then worked with the cbs pregame show for two years .
in 2006 devaney began working as an assistant to rich mckay , president and former general manager of the atlanta falcons from 2006 to early 2008 .
in february 2008 the st. louis rams hired him as vice president of pro personnel to help conduct their 2008 draft .
he was promoted to general manager of the rams on december 24 , 2008 .
he made his first major hire as the rams ' general manager on january 17 , 2009 , when the rams announced that steve spagnuolo would be its new head coach .
since the hiring he had revamped the entire front office of the rams .
he was fired at the end of the 2011 season after a 10-38 record as gm .
devaney was raised in the leonardo section of middletown township , new jersey , and attended mater dei high school .
he went on to attend elon university .
