Pat Stewart

Pat Stewart is in his first season as General Manager for the Husker football program in 2025. In his role at Nebraska, Stewart leads the Huskers’ roster management and player acquisition efforts, including high school and transfer portal recruiting, evaluation and retention.

Stewart joined Coach Matt Rhule’s staff after spending two seasons as the director of pro personnel for the New England Patriots. Stewart has a long history in personnel and scouting in the National Football League, including working with the Carolina Panthers from 2020 to 2022, while Rhule served as head coach. The majority of Stewart’s time in the NFL was spent in the Patriots organization, where he was a part of two Super Bowl Championship teams.

In his time with the Panthers, Stewart served as the Director of Player Personnel in 2020 before being elevated to Vice President of Player Personnel for the 2021 and 2022 seasons. Stewart was a national scout for the Philadelphia Eagles in 2018 and 2019.

Prior to joining the Eagles scouting staff, Stewart held multiple positions with the Patriots from 2007-17. He was originally hired by New England as a scouting assistant in 2007 and went on to serve as both an area scout (2009, 2013-17) and pro scout (2010-12).

Before entering the NFL, Stewart worked as an assistant director of football operations at Temple University (2006) under head coach Al Golden and was a graduate assistant coach at Western Carolina in 2005.

From 2000 to 2004, he worked for Jim Tressel at Ohio State as a student manager while earning his bachelor’s degree in political science, which he received in 2005.