He was previously a senior college scout for the Buffalo Bills & former general manager of the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL).
[1] Prior to being hired by Miami, Hickey worked in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers football operations group, serving in a number of personnel roles.
He worked under general managers Rich McKay, Bruce Allen and Mark Dominik and alongside head coaches Tony Dungy, Jon Gruden, Raheem Morris and Greg Schiano.
[6] On May 9, 2022, it was announced Hickey was leaving the Bills to join the New York Giants as an assistant director of player personnel.
He reunites with Joe Schoen, who worked with Hickey as a director of player personnel & assistant general manager in Miami & Buffalo, respectively.