Member of two Super Bowl winning front offices, Ian Cunningham was named general manager of the Atlanta Falcons on Jan. 29, 2026.

Cunningham arrived in Atlanta after four seasons (2022-25) with the Chicago Bears as assistant general manager with his time in the Windy City culminating in the Bears' NFC North title in 2025.  During his time in Chicago as assistant general manager, four players earned three All-Pro honors and four Pro Bowl selections in Kevin Byard, Drew Dalman, Montez Sweat and Joe Thuney. The 2025 Chicago offense finished sixth in the NFL in total offense with 13 of 15 players who played at least 400 snaps acquired during Cunningham's tenure.

Member of two Super Bowl winning front offices, Ian Cunningham was named general manager of the Atlanta Falcons on Jan. 29, 2026.

Cunningham arrived in Atlanta after four seasons (2022-25) with the Chicago Bears as assistant general manager with his time in the Windy City culminating in the Bears' NFC North title in 2025.  During his time in Chicago as assistant general manager, four players earned three All-Pro honors and four Pro Bowl selections in Kevin Byard, Drew Dalman, Montez Sweat and Joe Thuney. The 2025 Chicago offense finished sixth in the NFL in total offense with 13 of 15 players who played at least 400 snaps acquired during Cunningham's tenure.

Prior to Chicago, Cunningham spent five seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles. He was a member of the club's front office when the organization captured its first Super Bowl win in 2017. Cunningham began his time in Philadelphia as director of college scouting (2017-18) before earning two promotions to assistant director of player personnel (2019-20) and director of player personnel (2021). In his five-year tenure in Philadelphia, the Eagles qualified for the playoffs four times, winning the NFC East twice and winning the aforementioned Super Bowl. A total of six Eagles acquired during Cunningham's time in Philadelphia (2017-21) have earned 11 Pro Bowl selections while with the club.

Cunningham began his NFL front office career with the Baltimore Ravens in 2008 as a player personnel assistant. After five seasons (2008-12) as a player personnel assistant, including the Ravens' Super Bowl win in 2012, he served as a southeast area scout for two years (2013-14) before taking on additional responsibility as the southeast/southwest area scout from 2015-16. The Ravens advanced to the playoffs six of his nine seasons with two AFC North crowns and the 2012 Super Bowl win.

Prior to joining the front office ranks, Cunningham signed with the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent offensive lineman in 2008. A native of Carrollton, Texas, Cunningham lived in Roswell, Georgia as a youth while his father Louis Cunningham was VP of Marketing for the Atlanta Olympic Committee for the 1996 Summer games. Cunningham earned his bachelor's degree in psychology in 2007 and his master's in education in 2008 from Virginia.