PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Is there an heir apparent to Eagles CEO and chairman Jeffrey Lurie?
A source confirmed reporting from Bo Wulf of The Athletic that Lurie’s 27-year-old son, Julian, will acquire the title of business and football operations strategy with the Eagles. It’s been speculated in recent years that Julian Lurie may one day take over for his now 70-year-old father.
In March at the NFL annual league meeting, Jeffrey Lurie said if his son wanted a formal role with the team, he would get it.
“Julian grew up obviously in the family that owns the team,” Jeffrey Lurie said. “He’s an avid Philadelphia sports fan. He loves the Eagles. Loves the NFL. Really has a great feel for many aspects of the sport.”
Julian Lurie, who attended Harvard University, also took part in a special NFL program to learn about the business side of the league, called the Junior Rotational Program, which is a “highly selective, high-potential program in which participants complete up to four rotations over a two-year period across a variety of departments and office locations.”
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Jeffrey Lurie also exposed his son to big decision-making processes, such as a coaching search.
“[Julian is a] real sharp guy and he’s going to have so much more going into it than I ever did if he chooses to wanna, someday, own and run the team,” Jeffrey Lurie said back in March. “He’s going to have a gigantic advantage — maybe he won’t make some of the early mistakes I made.”
Jeffrey Lurie started running the team in 1994. This upcoming season will be his 29th in charge of the Eagles — predating the birth of Julian Lurie.
“A lot of children of families that own teams kind of bring them along,” he continued. “I want to expose him to all aspects of both the business side and the operational side. The nuts and bolts, yet also the strategy side.”
As far as whether Julian Lurie would like to succeed his dad, that’s undecided.
“But what I can say,” added Jeffrey Lurie, “is he has my passion for the sport and the Eagles. That I can tell you.”