Brett Veach enters his sixth season as the Kansas City Chiefs General Manager and his 16th year in the National Football League in 2022. Veach was named the seventh general manager in Kansas City Chiefs history on July 10, 2017, reporting directly to Chiefs Chairman and CEO Clark Hunt on all player personnel matters. Prior to being elevated to General Manager, Veach served as Co-Director of Player Personnel for two seasons.

Brett Veach enters his sixth season as the Kansas City Chiefs General Manager and his 16th year in the National Football League in 2022. Veach was named the seventh general manager in Kansas City Chiefs history on July 10, 2017, reporting directly to Chiefs Chairman and CEO Clark Hunt on all player personnel matters. Prior to being elevated to General Manager, Veach served as Co-Director of Player Personnel for two seasons.

"After a comprehensive search process, I am pleased to announce that we have hired Brett Veach to serve as the next General Manager of the Kansas City Chiefs," Hunt said in a statement upon his hire. "Brett has a sharp football mind, a tremendous work ethic and a keen eye for finding talent. Over the last four seasons he's played a critical role in building our football team. I look forward to working with him to continue to build on the strong foundation we have in place."

Veach enters his 10th season with the Chiefs after originally joining the club in 2013. He was promoted to Co-Director of Player Personnel prior to the 2015 season after serving two seasons as the club's Pro and College Personnel Analyst (2013-14).

During Veach's five seasons as general manager, the club has won the AFC West every year, hosted four-straight AFC Championship Games and saw back-to-back Super Bowl seasons, winning Super Bowl LIV.

The 2021 Kansas City Chiefs recorded a 12-5 record in the first 17-game season, extended the franchise record to six-straight AFC West titles and secured the No. 2 seed in the AFC. Kansas City defeated Pittsburgh 42-21 in the Wild Card Round and Buffalo 42-36 in the Divisional Round en route to hosting an NFL-record fourth-consecutive AFC Championship Game at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. The Chiefs fell to Cincinnati 27-24.

The 2020 squad went 14-2, extended its franchise record to five-straight AFC West titles and secured the No. 1 seed in the AFC for the second time in three years. Kansas City defeated Cleveland 22-17 in the Divisional Round and Buffalo 38-24 in the third-consecutive AFC Championship Game at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. Kansas City hoisted the Lamar Hunt Trophy as AFC Champions for the second-straight year en route to its second-consecutive Super Bowl appearance. The club fell to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31-9 in Super Bowl LV.

In 2019, the Chiefs finished 12-4 in the regular season, notched a fourth-consecutive AFC West Championship, and secured the No. 2 seed in the AFC. The club defeated the Houston Texans 51-31 in the Divisional Round and the Tennessee Titans 35-24 in the AFC Championship Game on it's way to returning to the Super Bowl for the third time in franchise history and first time since the club won Super Bowl IV following the 1969 season. In Super Bowl LIV in Miami, Florida, the Chiefs fell behind 20-10. Entering the fourth quarter, Mahomes rallied his offense, putting up 21-unanswered points to secure a 31-20 win over the San Francisco 49ers. Mahomes' performance earned Super Bowl MVP honors. At 41 years old, Veach became the second-youngest general manager to win a Super Bowl.

In 2018, the team notched a 12-4 record and third-straight AFC West title. The club earned a No. 1 seed in the playoffs and defeated the Indianapolis Colts 31-13 in the Divisional Round. The win marked Kansas City's first home playoff win since Jan. 8, 1994. The Chiefs hosted the first AFC Championship Game in franchise history, falling 37-31 in overtime to the eventual Super Bowl LIII Champion New England Patriots. Following the season, Mahomes became the first player in Chiefs history to be named NFL MVP as he became just the second quarterback (QB Peyton Manning in 2013) in NFL history to throw for 50 touchdowns and 5,000 passing yards in a single season.

In 2017, the club compiled a 10-6 record and led the division for the second-consecutive season, marking the first time in franchise history the Chiefs had won the division in back-to-back seasons.

The 2022 NFL Draft marked the fifth draft that Veach was at the helm of the personnel department. In five drafts, he has made three first-round selections, including two in 2022. In the 2020 NFL Draft, Veach selected RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire (LSU) with the 32nd overall pick. In the 2022 NFL Draft, Veach traded up from No. 29 to select CB Trent McDuffie (Washington) with the 21st overall selection, and at No. 30, he selected DE George Karlaftis (Purdue).

As a rookie in 2020, Edwards-Helaire logged 803 rushing yards, which ranked fourth in the league among rookies that season and third among rookies in Chiefs history. He was named the club's Mack Lee Hill Award as the top rookie, an honor voted on by his teammates.

Prior to the 2021 NFL Draft, Veach traded the 31st overall pick to Baltimore in exchange for T Orlando Brown. In 2019, the club traded the 29th overall pick to Seattle in exchange for DE Frank Clark. The club's 22nd overall selection in 2018 was traded to Buffalo in 2017 in order to move up and draft QB Patrick Mahomes 10th overall. Prior to being promoted to general manager, Veach played an integral role in the scouting process of Mahomes leading up to the 2017 NFL Draft. Mahomes has earned NFL MVP ('18) and Super Bowl MVP ('19) in his first two seasons as a starting quarterback. Mahomes owns 18,991 passing yards, 151 touchdowns and 37 INTs in his career and became the fastest player to throw 100 touchdown passes, doing so in just 40 games.

Since Veach was elevated to general manager, he has proven his competitive approach to building the roster is ongoing. The 2022 offseason presented several new faces. Veach added top free agents in S Justin Reid, WR JuJu Smith-Schuster, RB Ronald Jones, WR Marquez Valdes-Scantling. Prior to the draft, the club traded WR Tyreek Hill to the Miami Dolphins in exchange for five picks, including three in the 2022 NFL Draft, which gave the club 12 total picks, the most amount of picks Veach has had entering the draft. The 2022 Chiefs roster also returns several familiar faces, including 20 players from the club's Super Bowl teams.

Veach also has proven his due diligence in evaluating talent year-round. In his time as general manager, he has signed contributors in Harrison Butker (2017, Week 4), Darrelle Revis (2017, Week 12), LeSean McCoy (2019, Week 1), Terrell Suggs (2019, Week 16) and Le'Veon Bell (2020, Week 6).

The Mt. Carmel, Pennsylvania, native joined the Chiefs after spending six years with the Philadelphia Eagles (2007-12). He served as a Southeast Regional Scout (2011-12) after originally joining Philadelphia's Player Personnel Department as a Pro and College Scout in 2010. Prior to entering the scouting department, Veach was the Assistant to Head Coach Andy Reid for three seasons (2007-09). Before joining the Eagles, Veach was the Supervisor of Intercollegiate Athletic Events at his alma mater, the University of Delaware (2005-06). He was a four-year letterman as a wide receiver for the Blue Hens, catching 99 passes for 1,470 yards (14.8 avg.). He left Delaware as the school's all-time leader in kickoff return yards with 1,558 yards.

Veach earned a bachelor's degree in health and physical education and a master's degree in education from Delaware. Along the way, he earned Atlantic 10 Conference All-Academic honors three times during his collegiate career. He was a standout running back for Mt. Carmel High School where he was named state player of the year in 1996 and was a two-time all-state selection. He was also selected to participate in the Big 33 game between the top high school players from Pennsylvania and Ohio.

_     Education: ­Delaware (B.S. 2002, Ed.M. 2004). Born: Mt. Carmel, Pa. Family:_ Wife - Alison; Children - twin sons, Elijah and Wylan, and a daughter, Ella.