The restructuring of the St. Louis Rams hierarchy continued Saturday with the hiring of veteran executive Billy Devaney, who will head player personnel.

The Rams also named a new secondary coach, Ron Milus. He spent the past two seasons as an assistant secondary coach for St. Louis.

Devaney worked as a scout for seven seasons with the Washington Redskins before going to San Diego in 1990 as director of player personnel. He spent 11 seasons with the Chargers, helping them to their only Super Bowl appearance, in 1994.

He was fired by San Diego in January 2001 and became pro personnel director in San Francisco. The 49ers reached the playoffs all three seasons Devaney was there. After doing TV work in 2004 and 2005, Devaney served as assistant general manager in Atlanta in 2006-2007.

In St. Louis, he'll have the title of executive vice president of player personnel. The Rams said he will oversee scouting and evaluating of college draft prospects, will run the draft room, and will evaluate NFL players as well.

"Billy brings a wealth of NFL experience to the Rams in the areas of player personnel and scouting," general manager Jay Zygmunt said. "He has proven to be an excellent evaluator of players throughout his career in the NFL and will work with coach Linehan in making final decisions on all personnel matters." Advertisement

The Rams had the league's second-worst record, 3-13, last season under second-year coach Scott Linehan. Linehan was retained but the Rams have made many changes.

Last month, soon after Al Saunders was fired by Washington, the Rams hired him as offensive coordinator. The Rams have also hired Art Valero as assistant head coach/running backs coach, and Steve Loney as offensive line coach.

St. Louis hasn't made the playoffs the past three seasons after failing to do so just once from 1999-2004. Part of the problem has been a generally poor showing in the draft.

This April, St. Louis has the second overall pick.

Milus has previously been secondary coach for the New York Giants and Arizona Cardinals. Linehan said he offers continuity and experience.

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