Jerry Glanville
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| Jerry Glanville | ||
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| Title | Head Coach | |
| College | Portland State University | |
| Sport | Football | |
| Team record | 3-8 | |
| Born | October 14, 1941 | |
| Place of birth | Perrysburg, Ohio | |
| Career highlights | ||
| Overall | NCAA: 3-8 NFL: 63-73 |
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| Playing career | ||
| 1961-64 | Northern Michigan University | |
| Position | Linebacker | |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 2007-present 2005-2006 1990-1993 |
Portland State University University of Hawai'i, Defensive Coordinator Atlanta Falcons Houston Oilers Houston Oilers, Defensive Coordinator Buffalo Bills, Secondary Atlanta Falcons, Defensive Coordinator Atlanta Falcons, Secondary Detroit Lions, Defensive Assistant Special Teams |
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Jerry Glanville (born October 14, 1941 in Perrysburg, Ohio) is a career American football coach who is currently the head coach for Portland State University. While at Northern Michigan University, Glanville played middle linebacker. In 1964, he graduated from Northern Michigan. Glanville has also worked as an analyst on HBO's Inside the NFL, CBS's The NFL Today and FOX's coverage of the NFL. Glanville also races on the Auto Racing Club of America circuit.[1]
Jerry is the only person from Perrysburg to either play or coach football at a professional level.[citation needed] He is known for walking around the Portland State locker room wearing jeans over sweatpants.[2]
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[edit] Coaching career
[edit] National Football League
During his time in the National Football League, he was the Special Teams/Defensive Assistant for the Detroit Lions from 1974-1976, the Secondary Coach for the Atlanta Falcons from 1977-1978 and the Defensive Coordinator from 1979-1982, the Secondary coach of the Buffalo Bills in 1983, the defensive coordinator of the Houston Oilers (now known as the Tennessee Titans) from 1984-1985 and the head coach from 1986-1989, and the Atlanta Falcons from 1990-1993. He became infamous for trading future superstar quarterback Brett Favre to the Green Bay Packers in 1991. While still coaching in the NFL, Glanville was famous for often leaving tickets at will-call for the late Elvis Presley, (although in a recent interview with WDYT, a news/talk radio station in Charlotte, NC, he told the show hosts that he only left tickets for Elvis at one pre-season NFL game in Memphis, but the story took on a life of its own), wearing all-black to be easily recognized by his players, and driving replicas of vehicles driven by James Dean.[3] In 1989, Sam Wyche's Cincinnati Bengals trounced Jerry Glanville's Oilers 61-7 in retaliation for Glanville's encouraging his players to take cheap shots.[citation needed]
[edit] NCAA
Glanville was formerly the defensive coordinator for the University of Hawaii's football team, working under his former coordinator at Atlanta, June Jones for two seasons. Prior to his tenure at the University of Hawaii, Glanville was the Defensive Ends/Outside Linebackers Coach at Georgia Tech from 1968-1973 and the Defensive Coordinator at Western Kentucky University in 1967
On February 28, 2007, he accepted the head coaching position at Portland State University, his first college head coaching job. Glanville, who replaces Tim Walsh, will be PSU's 12th head coach in the history of the program.[4]
[edit] Obscure tie-ins
The Sega Genesis system offered Jerry Glanville's PigSkin Footbrawl, a medieval-themed football game famous for the catchphrase "Send in the troll!" What Glanville had to do with this otherwise obscure title is unknown, as besides the occasional black-and-white picture and Elvis references, the game has little to do with his career.
Jerry Glanville was voted the friendliest man at Portland State University.[5]
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