Ted Monago enters his 23rd NFL season and 11th with the Rams. The 2023 season marks Monago's first season as a senior personnel executive after spending the previous seasons as the assistant director of college scouting.
Previously, Monago has served as a national scout for the club and was responsible for scouting players within a designated region as specified by the general manager.
Prior to joining the Rams, Monago spent 12 seasons in various scouting roles with the Chicago Bears. Most recently, he spent the 2012 season as an executive scout, primarily focusing on SEC schools along with covering Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
From 2003-2011, he was an area scout responsible for covering the Great Plains region. Originally, he entered the NFL as a BLESTO scout in 2001.
In the collegiate ranks, Monago coached at the College of William & Mary served as the tight ends coach in 1998 before switching to linebackers for the 1999 and 2000 seasons.
Monago earned a master's in educational and public administration at the University of Idaho in 1998. While in his master's program, he served as a graduate assistant football coach and worked with the offense in 1996 and the defense in 1997.
For his undergraduate studies, he attended Arizona State University and graduated with a sociology degree in 1993.
After graduation, he worked as a graduate assistant and held the role of defensive quality control/special teams from 1994-1995.
Monago began his coaching career at Scottsdale Community College, after being a walk-on defensive back at Arizona State from 1990-1992. In 1993, he served as the linebackers/special teams coach at Scottsdale Community College in Scottsdale, AZ.
