Joel
Collier (born December
25, 1963) is an American football executive
who is the director of pro personnel for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League.
He is the son of Joe Collier, a
former defensive coordinator for
the Denver Broncos and New England Patriots and head coach of the Buffalo Bills. Collier attended the University of Northern
Colorado, where he played football as a linebacker from 1984 to 1987. He was also an academic
All-North Central Conference selection.
After his two-year stint at Syracuse, Collier moved to the NFL for the 1990 season as an offensive assistant with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
In 1991, he
re-joined MacPherson, then head coach of the Patriots, as an assistant running backs and wide receivers coach until 1992. In 1993, he
entered the Patriots' scouting department as a pro scout. From 1994 to 1997, Collier served as a defensive assistant for the Miami Dolphins. In 1998, he became the Dolphins' running backs coach, a position
he held until 2004. Prior to the
Patriots' 2005 season,
he was hired as their secondary coach. He was not retained by the Patriots
following their 2007 season.
In February 2009, he was hired by Kansas City Chiefs general
manager Scott Pioli, a former
executive for the Patriots, as assistant general manager. He remained as the
Chiefs assistant general manager until Andy Reid turned over most of the staff.