Broncos exec Kelly Kleine Van Calligan interviews for Raiders GM job, source says

Broncos executive Kelly Kleine Van Calligan interviewed for Las Vegas Raiders general manager job, a source confirmed Wednesday evening to The Post. Kleine Van Calligan, Denver’s special assistant to the general manager and executive director of football operations, is widely considered a rising star in the football front office world.

She’s been with the Broncos for three years and before that worked with George Paton in Minnesota. This is Kleine Van Calligan’s first known general manager interview. She’s been in the NFL for 12 years, has responsibilities across the Broncos’ front office and has experience in both college and pro scouting.

There’s only been one woman to serve as an NFL general manager in league history — Susan Tose Spencer in Philadelphia in the 1980s — but Kleine Van Calligan is one of several accomplished, worthy candidates league wide. She’s also been to several of the league’s front office accelerator programs in recent seasons.

“It was really, really good for all of us (participants) to meet each other, too,” “You got to meet the owners and know them personally, but it was huge for potential head coaches and GMs just to get to know each other because these are the people hopefully getting hired eventually and boom, you have connections.” Champ Kelly is currently Las Vegas’ interim general manager and is considered a strong candidate for the permanent job.

If Kleine Van Calligan were to get it or another general manager job, the Broncos would be in line to collect third round draft picks in consecutive drafts for helping develop a minority candidate who lands a general manager job..