The Philadelphia Flyers are hiring Keith Jones as their president of hockey operations, according to Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman.

The club will also remove the interim tag from general manager Daniel Briere's title, Friedman added.

Philadelphia will reportedly announce the moves Thursday morning.

Jones has no front-office experience. He played nine NHL seasons during the 1990s and early 2000s, including three campaigns with the Flyers to end his career. Jones has worked as an analyst for NBC Sports Philadelphia and TNT in his post-playing days.

Known as a hard-nosed winger, Jones tallied 117 goals, 141 assists, and 765 penalty minutes in 491 career NHL games.

Eddie Olczyk, John Chayka, Scott Mellanby, Chris Pronger, and Doug Wilson were reportedly among the candidates considered for the president vacancy.

Chuck Fletcher previously served as the team's president of hockey operations and general manager before being fired in March. Briere immediately assumed Fletcher's GM duties on an interim basis.

Briere also lacks significant NHL front-office experience. He began his executive career in 2015-16 with the Flyers as a special assistant to the GM under Ron Hextall, a position he held for two seasons. Briere then worked for the ECHL's Maine Mariners in various roles, including vice president of hockey operations, general manager, and president. He started working with Philadelphia again as a team consultant in 2020-21 before becoming a special assistant to Fletcher the following campaign.

Philadelphia went 31-38-13 in 2022-23, missing the playoffs for the third year in a row for the first time since the early '90s. The team holds the seventh overall pick in the upcoming draft.

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