After serving as the head coach of the Arena Football League’s New Orleans VooDoo from 2004-08, Mike Neu enters his second season with the Saints as an area scout. He will be responsible for evaluating the players at the schools located in the northeast region.

The only coach in the VooDoo’s history, Neu compiled a 33-31 record and earned 2004 AFL Coach of the Year honors, serving as head coach of the Carolina Cobras for two seasons prior to coming to New Orleans.

Neu previously worked in the Saints player personnel department from 2005- 2006, when the VooDoo suspended operations due to Hurricane Katrina. Starting his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Ball State in 1994, he also served as an assistant in the AFL for three seasons and served as head coach of the Augusta Stallions of af2 in 2000, where was named the league’s Coach of the Year.

An Indianapolis native, Neu was a four-year starter at quarterback for Ball State, where he was named the MAC Most Valuable Player and Offensive Player of the Year as a senior in 1993 and is a member of the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame. He played professionally with the Canadian Football League’s Calgary Stampeders and played in the AFL for two seasons.

Neu and his wife, Charmin, have a daughter, Graycen and two sons, Carson and Chase.