Titan president and CEO Burke Nihill is scheduled to step into a public-facing leadership role next month, even as the organization around him is dealing with another round of upheaval.
Nihill, who has been declining interview requests about the state of the Titans, is set to speak at a Leadership Rutherford luncheon on Tuesday, Nov. 3, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event, billed as “Leadership Beyond the Field,” will take place at View at the Fountains in Murfreesboro.
Registration is $15. The Leadership Rutherford Alumni Committee will also collect new, unwrapped toys for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Rutherford County and Toys for Tots.
Nihill and other Titans executives have made similar appearances before, and he could have more on the calendar before this one arrives. But the timing stands out, with the team in the middle of a difficult stretch and its business side once again being reshaped.
Since taking over in 2020, Nihill has overseen a period in which the Titans have repeatedly altered their structure on both the football and business sides. Now, as the organization deals with another restructuring, the contrast between public leadership talk and the questions he has avoided answering is hard to miss.
Last week, the team fired three high-ranking executives and said the latest changes would include hiring an executive vice president and chief business officer.
On the field, the results have been just as stark. The Titans went 3-14 in 2024, 3-14 in 2025, and are currently 0-5.
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