He is best known for his brief stint as de facto general manager of the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL), a post he held from January to May 2006.
[1][2][3] He then played college football as an offensive tackle for the Framingham State Rams from 1980 to 1981, missing the following two years due to injury.
[5] After his four-season stint as an administrator, Foley again became a coach in 1991, joining the Boston College Eagles as an assistant working with the tight ends and placekickers.
[1] Foley followed Coughlin to the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL) in 1994, becoming the assistant director of pro personnel for the newly-formed expansion franchise that started play in 1995.
[13] Three days after the 2006 NFL draft, when the Vikings made several selections that were widely criticized, the team announced that Foley had been fired, just three months into his tenure.
[2] In 2010, he joined the Maryland Terrapins football team as Director of Operations, working with Randy Edsall whom he had been with on two prior coaching staffs.