Tony Pastoors enters his 16th season with the Rams and serves as the team's Chief Operating Officer.
In this role, Pastoors works directly with Owner and Chairman E. Stanley Kroenke and team president Kevin Demoff on all aspects of Rams operations. He partners with General Manager Les Snead and Head Coach Sean McVay in the development and implementation of the club's strategic plans for player signings and player acquisitions. Pastoors also oversees the club's football operations, finance, legal, employee experience and IT functions.
As the team's chief negotiator, Pastoors oversees the team's salary cap management, contract negotiations, compliance with the NFL's Collective Bargaining Agreement as well as the club's financial and strategic planning. Pastoors partners with Snead and McVay in the day-to-day management and execution of the team's football operations. In addition, he serves as a liaison to the club's business operations including marketing, partnerships, finance, ticketing, community relations, administration, and communications. Pastoors serves as part of the Rams' executive leadership team and represents the club at a league level, attending NFL league meetings on behalf of the organization.
Pastoors was a member of the working group that helped Kroenke return the Rams home to L.A. and he continues to play a significant role in delivering on Kroenke's vision to design and construct Hollywood Park, the 298-acre sports and entertainment district in Inglewood that features SoFi Stadium. He has also led the efforts for the construction of two temporary practice facilities and continues to collaborate with local officials and front office staff to create a state-of-the-art training facility and permanent team headquarters surrounded by a sports and entertainment development in Woodland Hills.
Throughout his tenure with the Rams, Pastoors has played a pivotal role in the evolution of the Rams' team-building philosophy and his work has allowed the team to add star-level talent over the last handful of years. There isn't a significant roster or contractual decision that doesn't run through Pastoors and while many have deemed the Rams roster constructing methods as "unconventional" dating back to 2018, numerous clubs around the league have adopted the practices that Pastoors, Snead, and McVay have put into place. Pastoors has been honored in The Athletic's "NFL 40 Under 40" list in four of the last five years.
Over the last few years, Pastoors has helped execute a trade for veteran quarterback Matthew Stafford along with the mid-season trades for Von Miller and Odell Beckham Jr., which helped put the Rams over the edge en route to their Super Bowl LVI victory. During the 2019 season, Pastoors worked closely on the trade deal that brought All-Pro defensive back Jalen Ramsey to the Rams and helped sign outside linebacker Leonard Floyd leading up to the 2020 season.
"Rams vice president Tony Pastoors has in the last six years proven masterful at finding creative ways to provide Snead and McVay with virtually any player they desire," said Gary Klein of The Los Angeles Times in 2022.
Pastoors continues to find creative ways to structure contracts and extend player deals in a way that creates cap space and flexibility for the future. In partnership with Snead over the past two offseasons, Pastoors calculated new deals for Matthew Stafford, Kyren Williams, Alaric Jackson, Kevin Dotson, and helped sign high-prized free agents such as Davante Adams, Poona Ford, Darious Williams, Kamren Curl and Nate Landman.
He also has worked closely with McVay and Snead in recent years to keep key contributors of the Rams' Super Bowl roster intact and extended a lynchpin of the offensive line in Rob Havenstein, tight end Tyler Higbee, and others.
In January of 2017, Pastoors worked alongside Kroenke, Demoff and Snead to reshape the culture of the Rams football operation and usher in a new era. The group led a broad coaching search that resulted in the hiring of Head Coach Sean McVay – the youngest head coach in modern NFL history.
Born and raised in Minneapolis, Minn. Pastoors received his degree from Dartmouth College, where he played football for the late Buddy Teevens.
Tony and his wife Emily, have two daughters.
