Lance Newmark

Lance Newmark is an American professional football executive who is the assistant general manager for the Washington Commanders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the San Diego Mesa Olympians and San Diego Toreros before joining the NFL's San Diego Chargers as a staff assistant in 1996. Newmark later joined the Detroit Lions in 1998, working as a scout and executive in various roles for 26 seasons until joining the Commanders in 2024.

Early life Newmark was born in La Mesa, California. He played college football as a wide receiver for the San Diego Mesa Olympians from 1995 to 1996 before transferring to play the 1997 season with the San Diego Toreros. With the Chargers, he held the position of staff assistant. In 1998, he left for the Detroit Lions, where he became an assistant in the player personnel department. He worked in that position from 2005 to 2007. He remained with the Lions under several different general managers and received another promotion, to director of player personnel, in 2016. By 2020, he was the Lions' longest-serving employee in the scouting department, and after general manager Bob Quinn was fired during the 2020 season, Newmark became one of three who jointly served as de facto general manager for remainder of the year along with Rob Lohman and Kyle O'Brien. Newmark was named senior director of player personnel in 2022.

In 2024, Newmark joined the Washington Commanders as assistant general manager under Adam Peters.

Personal life Newmark is married and has three daughters.