Training camp will have a different feel for those inside the Jets organization this year. For the first time in 55 years, a member of the Hampton family won’t be a part of it.

The Jets surprisingly fired senior director of team operations Clay Hampton last month. Hampton had worked for the team for 30 years and had been in charge of operations since 2006. His father, Bill, was the team’s equipment manager from 1964 through 2000.

The move came as a surprise to people inside the Jets because Hampton was well respected and liked throughout the team’s Florham Park headquarters. It is unclear what prompted the firing, which came June 15, after the team completed minicamp.

Hampton, 50, did not return messages seeking comment. The Jets had no comment.

Hampton was not known to many fans but had one of those behind-the-scenes jobs integral to running a football team. One of his primary responsibilities was organizing the team’s road trips. He also oversaw the day-to-day operations around the team’s practice facility.

“To me, he was the Jets,” former coach Rex Ryan said Thursday. “His family, to me, these are people that are the Jets. They’ve been there the whole time. It’s really weird that he’s not going to be with the Jets anymore. It’s really strange. Sometimes, I guess, people want to move on from the past. I don’t know if that’s why they got rid of him.”

Ryan said he never had any problems with Hampton during his time with the Jets from 2009-14.

“He was awesome,” Ryan said. “The six years I was there, he was better than great. Everything was done at such a first-class level. Not one time ever did we have an issue with any of the places we stayed, the airlines. It was awesome. To me, he was an amazing guy and someone I was really proud that I had the opportunity to work with him.”

Hampton initially worked as a ballboy with the Jets in 1983 before working under his father in the equipment room. He succeeded his father as equipment manager in 2001 before moving to operations.