FLOWERY BRANCH Youth Logan Paulsen Jersey , Ga. (AP) ¡ª Scott Pioli stepped down Thursday after more than five years as assistant general manager of the Atlanta Falcons, the latest front-office change for a team coming off a disappointing season.¡°I am ready for a change,¡± he said in a statement released by the team.Pioli said he had intended to spend only two or three years working under Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff. He thanked the team for giving him a chance to carry on his career after he was fired as Kansas City¡¯s general manager following a dismal 2-14 season in 2012.¡°I came in to work closely with Thomas on personnel structure Stitched Brandon Fusco Jersey , processes and decisions,¡± Pioli said. ¡°I loved the concept, was confident I could provide value and have enjoyed the challenge.¡±Now Youth Brandon Fusco Jersey , he¡¯s ready ¡°to pursue other potential opportunities.¡± His departure comes one day after Mike Maccagnan was fired as general manager of the New York Jets, a team that Pioli worked for as director of pro personnel from 1997-2000.Dimitroff described the 54-year-old Pioli as a ¡°dear friend¡± who has ¡°not only provided tremendous value to me, but to the entire the Falcons organization.¡±Pioli departs the Falcons following a 7-9 season and shake-up in the front office.Longtime scout Shepley Heard has taken over as director of pro personnel from Joel Collier Stitched Damontae Kazee Jersey , who is now serving as a national scout. Collier spent the last three years as Atlanta¡¯s director of pro personnel. Before that, he worked under Pioli in Kansas City as the assistant GM.Dimitroff indicated that more changes are coming for a team that made the Super Bowl during the 2016 season.¡°We are continuing to assess the structure within our organization and move forward with our next steps,¡± he said.Pioli was Kansas City¡¯s GM from 2009-12. Prior to that Youth Damontae Kazee Jersey , he worked for nearly a decade with Bill Belichick in New England¡¯s personnel department.The Chiefs won the AFC West title in 2010 ¡ª their only playoff appearance during Pioli¡¯s tenure ¡ª but his regime was marred by allegations that he maintained a toxic work environment based on secrecy and intimidation, including suspicions expressed by coach Todd Haley that his personal cellphone had been tampered with before he was fired.Late in the 2012 season, Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher killed his girlfriend before taking his own life at the team¡¯s training facility in front of Pioli and other team officials. The Falcons interviewed two of their former offensive coordinators for their current vacancy at the spot and they wound up hiring both of them.Word on Monday night was that the Falcons had offered Dirk Koetter a job as their offensive coordinator and the team announced his hiring on Tuesday. They also announced that Mike Mularkey is their new tight ends coach.It will be Koetter¡¯s second tour as the offensive coordinator in Atlanta. He spent 2012-2014 working under Mike Smith and then made the move to Tampa to work for Lovie Smith the next year. He replaced Smith in 2016 and went 19-29 over three years as the head coach of the Bucs.Mularkey preceded Koetter in the offensive coordinator job and ran the offense for quarterback Matt Ryan¡®s first four years with the team. He has also been a head coach in Buffalo Stitched Giorgio Tavecchio Jersey , Jacksonville and Tennessee.The Falcons finished in the top 10 in both points and yards in 2018, but the offense¡¯s improvement over Steve Sarkisian¡¯s first year wasn¡¯t enough to keep the status quo in place. They¡¯ll hope that the walk down memory lane goes better.