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Ryan Reichert
Vice President of Security
9th NFL Season • 9th with Texans
Executives
Ryan Reichert joined the Texans as director of
security on October 7, 1999, one day after the
NFL awarded its 32nd franchise to Houston. He
was promoted to vice president of security in
January, 2008.
Reichert serves as a liaison between the Texans
and federal, state and local law enforcement
agencies. He is responsible for draft day
preparations by conducting personal interviews
and background checks of all draft eligible collegiate
athletes entering the NFL draft. He is also
responsible for overseeing the personal security
of Texans players and their families and security
aspects related to team events, player appearances,
and team travel.
Reichert a former Houston police officer, served
nearly 10 years with the department before assuming
his current post with the Texans. During
his tenure with the Houston Police Department,
he was assigned to the Westside Command
Substation as a patrolman and finished his
career with the department’s community service
division, where he was responsible for the development
and implementation of various community
involvement initiatives, as well as serving
the police department as a public speaker.
Reichert is an alumnus of several Texas universities.
He graduated from Angelo State University,
located in San Angelo, Texas with a bachelor’s
degree in sociology and a minor in criminal
justice. He received his master’s degree in
Criminology from the University of Houston-Clear
Lake, and earned his MBA from Rice University.
Reichert hails from Jourdanton, Texas, just south
of San Antonio.
John Schriever
Vice President, Ticket Operations
9th NFL Season • 9th with Texans
John Schriever is entering his ninth year with the
Texans and his 25th in the professional sports
industry. During his career, Schriever has been
part of the sales and service of more than 32 million
tickets to sporting events. He started with the
Texans in July, 2000 as director of ticket operations
and was promoted to vice president in July,
2003. Schriever oversees all aspects of ticketing
for the Texans, including the sales and service of
PSLs, suites, club seats, season tickets, group
and individual game tickets.
Schriever began his sports business career
with the Texas Rangers Baseball Club in 1984
as a season ticket sales intern. Schriever was
promoted to director of ticket operations before
the 1989 season. During his 12 seasons with the
Rangers, the team was purchased by an ownership
group headed by George W. Bush, acquired
pitcher Nolan Ryan, closed Arlington Stadium,
opened The Ballpark in Arlington and hosted the
1995 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
During the summer of 1996, Schriever worked
with the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic
Games at the Summer Olympics. He worked
in ticketing as a customer service manager at
Fulton County Stadium and Olympic Stadium.
Following the Olympic Games, Schriever took
the position of director of tickets for Texas
Motor Speedway in Ft. Worth. He was part of the
management staff that opened the Speedway in
the spring of 1997. The speedway debuted that
year with a crowd of over 200,000 for its inaugural
Winston Cup race.
Schriever is a graduate of Stephen F. Austin
State University in Nacogdoches, Texas, where
he earned a degree in business management.
John and his wife, Dana, who holds a degree in
teaching from the University of Texas, have two
children, Nicholas and Sarah.
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