{"id":944586,"date":"2026-07-13T16:57:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T16:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/944586\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T16:57:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T16:57:14","slug":"scott-fitterer-leaves-washington-commanders-to-join-athletes-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/944586\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott Fitterer leaves Washington Commanders to join Athletes First"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph sections-labor-and-agents \">Scott Fitterer has left the Commanders\u2019 front office to join Athletes First as an agent and executive in the firm\u2019s coaches and executives division. Fitterer has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsbusinessjournal.com\/Articles\/2024\/07\/16\/execs-july-16\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.sportsbusinessjournal.com\/Articles\/2024\/07\/16\/execs-july-16\/\">spent the last two seasons as a personnel executive in Washington<\/a> after a long run in NFL front offices. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph sections-labor-and-agents \">In his new role, Fitterer will advise existing and prospective clients on career strategy, hiring cycles and negotiations, drawing on nearly three decades on the club side, and will be available as a shared resource across the firm\u2019s coaching and executive roster. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph sections-labor-and-agents \">Fitterer will be based in Charlotte, traveling regularly to Athletes First\u2019s office in Gainesville, Fla., and across college and NFL programs once training camps begin. He will report to Athletes First partner Trace Armstrong, who leads the coaches and executives group and previously represented Fitterer as his agent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph sections-labor-and-agents \">\u201cScott\u2019s reputation in the league is incredible. He is universally respected and a great guy,\u201d Armstrong said. \u201cFor many of our existing clients, this is a best case scenario for us and for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph sections-labor-and-agents \">Fitterer previously served as GM of the Carolina Panthers from 2021-23 and spent 2001-20 with the Seahawks in scouting and personnel roles, ultimately becoming VP\/Football Operations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph sections-labor-and-agents \">The move comes as Athletes First further cements its position in the coaching marketplace. The agency finished the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsbusinessjournal.com\/Articles\/2026\/02\/06\/athletes-first-reps-most-coaches-in-nfl-coaching-carousel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.sportsbusinessjournal.com\/Articles\/2026\/02\/06\/athletes-first-reps-most-coaches-in-nfl-coaching-carousel\/\">2026 coaching carousel<\/a> representing three out of 10 head coaches hired, the most of any other agency. The agency represents Cardinals coach Mike LaFleur, Bills coach Joe Brady and Dolphins coach Jeff Hafley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph sections-labor-and-agents \">\u201cI thought this is the part where I can make the most impact moving forward,\u201d Fitterer said. \u201cTaking the lessons that I\u2019ve learned along the way and helping clients, basically advising them navigating their journey.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scott Fitterer has left the Commanders\u2019 front office to join Athletes First as an agent and executive in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":944587,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2069],"tags":[37710,427,7,6,855,111,2480],"class_list":["post-944586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-washington-commanders","tag-athletes-first","tag-commanders","tag-football","tag-nfl","tag-washington","tag-washington-commanders","tag-washingtoncommanders"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116913729959551174","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/944586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=944586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/944586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/944587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=944586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=944586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=944586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}