Georgia Tech hires former Bears exec for new player management role

Georgia Tech has hired former Bears' Manager of Football Administration/Pro Scout J.J. COSH to become the program's "first-ever executive associate athletic director for player management," according to Chad Bishop of the ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION. In the new role, Cosh will "be responsible for developing and implementing the management of Tech athletics' revenue-sharing strategy and working directly" with coaches and players. Cosh had been the Bears' No. 2 salary cap manager, administrator and negotiator. He "participated in free-agency budgeting, drafting and preparing all player contracts and had authority to submit official transactions, negotiate with agents and execute contracts" on behalf of the club. Cosh worked for the Bears for seven seasons and previously had spent two years assisting in football operations and player personnel at Notre Dame (ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION, 11/25).