ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The Denver Broncos have hired Rich Hurtado as the team’s vice president of football administration, President of Football Operations/General Manager John Elway announced on Wednesday.
Hurtado has 15 years of experience negotiating contracts as a team executive or player agent. He spent the last 11 years as an agent/executive for Creative Artists Agency (formerly Five Star Athlete Management) after four seasons working in football administration with the Philadelphia Eagles.
With the Broncos, Hurtado will lead the club’s negotiating and structuring of all player contracts. He also will be responsible for managing the Broncos’ salary cap as well as ensuring the club’s contract compliance with the league’s Collective Bargaining Agreement.