{{Short description|American football executive (born 1976)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}
'''Hymie Elhai''' (born April 1976) is an American football executive who is the president of the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL).
==Early life== Elhai is a graduate of Rutgers Law School and Johns Hopkins University.<ref>{{cite web |date=3 September 2019 |title=Jets promote longtime exec Hymie Elhai to team president |url=https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/jets-promote-longtime-exec-hymie-elhai-to-team-president |website=foxsports.com |publisher=Fox Media LLC and Fox Sports Interactive Media, LLC. |access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref>
==Career== Elhai was promoted to President in September 2019. He assisted owner Christopher Johnson in hiring Adam Gase as head coach prior to the 2019 season.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Slater |first1=Darryl |title=Jets name new team president, as they replace Neil Glat: Who is Hymie Elhai? |url=https://www.nj.com/jets/2019/09/jets-name-new-team-president-as-they-replace-neil-glat-who-is-hymie-elhai.html |website=nj.com |date=3 September 2019 |publisher=Advance Local Media LLC. |access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref> Elhai is responsible for the business side of the Jets, while also working "to integrate football and business operations."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mehta |first1=Manish |title=Hymie Elhai takes over as new Jets president |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2019/09/03/hymie-elhai-takes-over-as-new-jets-president/ |website=nydailynews.com |date=3 September 2019 |publisher=New York Daily News |access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref>
In September 2024, he unveiled an organizational rebrand, which consisted of three new versions of "legacy collection" uniforms, as well as new primary and secondary logos.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hymie Elhai |url=https://www.newyorkjets.com/team/front-office-roster/hymie-elhai |website=newyorkjets.com |publisher=New York Jets |access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref>
==Awards and honors== Elhai received the Distinguished Alumni Award from Rutgers School of Law at their Alumni Recognition Gala in October 2021. He was named one of ''Sports Business Journal''{{'}}s "40 Under 40" in 2016.<ref>{{cite web |date=6 September 2019 |title=Hymie Elhai Named President of the New York Jets |url=https://njbmagazine.com/njb-news-now/hymie-elhai-named-president-of-the-new-york-jets/ |website=njbmagazine.com |publisher=New Jersey Business Magazine |access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://www.newyorkjets.com/team/front-office-roster/hymie-elhai New York Jets profile]
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