Days after $2,750,000,000 settlement, Iowa hires Bill Belichick's former Patriots executive to handle Hawkeyes' revenue sharing

On Monday, Iowa hired Scott Pioli, who worked with Bill Belichick with the New England Patriots, as a consultant to help with implementing revenue sharing. The Hawkeyes made the hire only days after the landmark $2.75 billion House settlement.

Pioli will reportedly work on all of the Hawkeyes' programs, but his expertise is football.

"Iowa hired former Chiefs GM/Patriots executive Scott Pioli as preparation for revenue sharing and will continue to work with all of Iowa's programs. Pioli has been at Iowa's football practices previously and is close with football coach Kirk Ferentz," The Athletic's Scott Dochterman tweeted.

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Iowa hired former Chiefs GM/Patriots executive Scott Pioli as preparation for revenue sharing and will continue to work with all of Iowa's programs. Pioli has been at Iowa's football practices previously and is close with football coach Kirk Ferentz.

As per the House vs. NCAA settlement, current and former college athletes, over the past 10 years, will receive shares of $2.75 billion in damages. The verdict implies that schools will have to directly pay the athletes for the use of their name, image and likeness. It is subject to an annual cap based on a percentage of a defined set of Power Five athletics department revenues.

These payments could begin from July 1 onwards. Pioli, who has years of experience at various levels of football management, will have an important role with the program.

Apart from Pioli, Iowa also hired Marcus Wilson as senior associate athletic director for cap management and administration. Scott Brickman was hired as general manager for NIL strategy.

Scott Pioli was part of the Patriots team that won Super Bowls under HC Bill Belichick

Scott Piolo worked with the New England Patriots when Bill Belichick was the team's HC - Source: Getty

Scott Pioli began working in football as a graduate assistant at Syracuse in 1988. He then coached the offensive and defensive lines at Murray State from 1990 to 1991. Pioli entered the NFL as a pro personnel assistant for Bill Belichick's Cleveland Browns in 1992.

At Cleveland, he worked alongside Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz, who was the Browns' offensive line coach at the time.

In 2000, Pioli joined the New England Patriots as an assistant director of player personnel before he was promoted to director of player personnel in 2001.

From 2002 to 2008, Pioli worked as vice president of player personnel for the Patriots. During his nine years at New England, the team won three Super Bowls with Belichick as the coach.

From 2009 to 2012, Pioli was the general manager of the Kansas City Chiefs. He also served as the assistant general manager of the Atlanta Falcons from 2014 to 2019.