San Magee, Navy’s former Director of Player Personnel, officially will take over that position with the Wolverines. Magee introduced himself to Twitter with this tweet:
He has served as the director of player personnel for the past five seasons at Navy. In his role, Magee led the planning process for recruiting prospective student-athletes, oversaw geographical assignments of assistant coaches, and coordinated the execution of on-campus visits. He was also the program’s liaison to admissions, academics and compliance within the academy and worked externally with NFL organizations.
Magee was a letterman as an offensive lineman at the Naval Academy. He was a member of an offense that led the nation in rushing during the 2003 season. In addition, Magee helped the Midshipmen regain the Commander in Chief’s Trophy for the first time since 1981 and was a member of the program’s first bowl game team since the 1996 season.
Magee graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 2004 with a Bachelor of Science degree in economics. He later earned a master’s degree in business administration from the College of William & Mary’s Mason School of Business.
After graduation, Magee was commissioned as a surface warfare officer, reporting to USS Juneau in Sasebo, Japan, where he deployed to the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Following that tour of duty, Magee served as a manpower/personnel analyst on the Commander, Naval Surface Forces staff in Coronado, California.
He transferred to the Navy’s human resources community in 2007, assuming a role as enlisted programs officer for Navy Recruiting District Ohio. Magee was the department head for the nation’s largest recruiting district, responsible for all enlisted and NROTC recruiting efforts in the states of Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia. He served as the Naval Academy’s deputy chairman of officer accessions and career information from 2010 until 2012, responsible for managing the academy’s service assignment program.