Jerry Glanville

Jerry Glanville
Glanville in February 2009
Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	October 14, 1941 (1941-10-14) (age 70)
Place of birth	Perrysburg, Ohio
Playing career
1961–1964	Northern Michigan
Position(s)	Linebacker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1967 1968–1973 1974–1976 1977–1978 1979–1982 1983 1984–1985 1986–1989 1990–1993 2005–2006 2007–2009 2011–	Western Kentucky (DC) Georgia Tech (DE/OLB) Detroit Lions (def. asst./ST) Atlanta Falcons (DB) Atlanta Falcons (DC) Buffalo Bills (DB) Houston Oilers (DC) Houston Oilers Atlanta Falcons Hawaii (DC) Portland State Hartford Colonials
Head coaching record
Overall	63–73 (NFL) 9–24 (college)
Statistics
College Football Data Warehouse

Jerry Glanville
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
Best finish	18th - 1995 (Craftsman Truck Series)
First race	1995 Skoal Bandit Copper Classic (Phoenix)
Last race	1999 Pennzoil/VIP Discount Auto Care 200 (Loudon)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0

Jerry Glanville (born October 14, 1941) is a former American football player and current head coach of the Hartford Colonials of the United Football League, former NASCAR driver and owner, and sportscaster in the United States. He served the head coach of the Houston Oilers from 1986 to 1990 and the Atlanta Falcons from 1990 to 1994, compiling a career NFL record of 63–73. From 2007 to 2009, he was the head football coach at Portland State University, tallying a mark of 9–24. Glanville has worked as an analyst on HBO's Inside the NFL, CBS's The NFL Today/NFL on CBS and Fox's coverage of the NFL. He has also raced on the Automobile Racing Club of America circuit.

Playing career

Glanville played middle linebacker at Northern Michigan University, from which he graduated in 1964.

Coaching career

National Football League

During Glanville's 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 Falcons defensive coordinator from 1979–1982, the secondary coach of the Buffalo Bills in 1983, the defensive coordinator of the then Houston Oilers from 1984–1985 and the Oilers head coach from 1986–1989, and head coach of the Atlanta Falcons from 1990-1993.

As an NFL head coach, Glanville was more renowned for his antics and brash, outspoken personality than for his success on the field (his career record is 63-73). While coaching the Falcons, he regularly challenged and mocked opposing teams players on television and in interviews. He was also famous for often leaving tickets at will-call for the late Elvis Presley, wearing all black to be easily recognized by his players, and driving replicas of vehicles driven by James Dean.

When Brett Favre was selected in the second round of the 1991 NFL Draft by Atlanta, Glanville did not approve because of Favre's drinking,and said it would take a plane crash for him to put Favre into a game.^[1] Favre only threw four passes during his one season with Atlanta. After leaving Atlanta for Green Bay, Favre would go on to play 19 seasons, starting every game from September 20, 1992, to December 5, 2010,^[2] and becoming the first NFL player to win three AP MVP awards, a feat matched only once since.^[3] He would also appear in two Super Bowls, winning Super Bowl XXXI.

United Football League

On March 21, 2011, the Hartford Colonials of the United Football League announced that Glanville would serve as the team's head coach and general manager.^[4]

College football

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.^[5] 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 (PSU), his first college head coaching job.^[6] Glanville, who replaced Tim Walsh, was PSU's 12th head coach in the history of the program. He resigned this position with the support of the university on November 17, 2009, with an overall record of 9–24 during his tenure.^[6]

NASCAR career

Jerry also had a brief career as the Owner/Driver of a black #81 Craftsman Truck Series from 1995 thru 1999, with a best finish of 14th four times. He finished 18th in the points in 1995 as his best points position of his career.

In media

The Sega Genesis system offered Jerry Glanville's PigSkin Footbrawl, a medieval-themed arcade-style football game. The game was a port of the 1990 classic arcade game Pigskin 621 A.D., released by Bally Midway.

Jerry appeared among the hosts of the pregame shows for Cartoon Network's annual Super Bowl parodies, The Big Game, from 1999 through 2001 - Tweety VS Sylvester in 1999, Wile E. Coyote VS Road Runner in 2000, and Bugs Bunny VS Daffy Duck in 2001. In the pregame picks for these games, he always picked the character who was not likely to win; surprisingly, in the Bugs VS Daffy game, he was correct in predicting that Daffy would win.

Head coaching record

National Football League

Team	Year	Regular Season					Post Season
		Won	Lost	Ties	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Win %	Result
HOU	1985	0	2	0	.000	4th in AFC Central	–	–	–	–
HOU	1986	5	11	0	.313	4th in AFC Central	–	–	–	–
HOU	1987	9	6	0	.600	2nd in AFC Central	1	1	.500	Lost to Denver Broncos in Divisional Playoff.
HOU	1988	10	6	0	.625	3rd in AFC Central	1	1	.500	Lost to Buffalo Bills in Divisional Playoff.
HOU	1989	9	7	0	.563	3rd in AFC Central	0	1	.000	Lost to Pittsburgh Steelers in Wildcard Game.
HOU Total		33	32	0	.508		2	3	.400
ATL	1990	5	11	0	.313	4th in NFC West	–	–	–
ATL	1991	10	6	0	.625	2nd in NFC West	1	1	.500	Lost to Washington Redskins in Divisional Playoff.
ATL	1992	6	10	0	.375	3rd in NFC West	–	–	–
ATL	1993	6	10	0	.375	3rd in NFC West	–	–	–
ATL Total		27	37	0	.422		1	1	.500
Total[7]		60	69	0	.465		3	4	.429

College

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Portland State Vikings (Big Sky Conference) (2007–2009)
2007	Portland State	3–8	3–5	T–6th
2008	Portland State	4–7	3–5	T–6th
2009	Portland State	2–9	1–7	8th
Portland State:		9–24	7–17
Total:		9–24

References

1. ^ D'Amato, Gary (2005-10-24). "Trading places". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Archived from the original on 2007-06-03. http://web.archive.org/web/20070603144334/http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=358097. Retrieved 2007-02-08. 
2. ^ Jay Glazer (2008-08-06). "Packers trade Favre to Jets". Fox Sports on MSN. http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/8381934/Packers-trade-Favre-to-Jets. Retrieved 2008-08-06. "The month-long saga has finally come to an end, with the Packers agreeing to trade their future Hall-of-Fame quarterback to the New York Jets, FOXSports.com has learned." 
3. ^ McGinn, Bob (2005-11-05). "Year of great highs, lows". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=368529. Retrieved 2007-02-08. ^{[dead link]}
4. ^ Glanville, Jerry (2011-03-21). "Jerry Glanville Named Hartford Colonials Head Coach and General Manager". United Football League. http://www.ufl-football.com/news/jerry-glanville-named-hartford-colonials-head-coach-and-general-manager. Retrieved 2011-03-21. 
5. ^ Pasquarelli, Len (March 28, 2005). "Glanville figures to upgrade porous defense". ESPN.com. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?columnist=pasquarelli_len&id=2023672. Retrieved March 14, 2011. 
6. ^ ^{a b} "Jerry Glanville steps down as coach of Portland State Vikings". Associated Press. ESPN.com. November 17, 2009. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4664290. Retrieved March 14, 2011. 
7. ^ "Jerry Glanville Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-Football-Reference.com. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/GlanJe0.htm. Retrieved 2011-03-13. 

External links

• Jerry Glanville at the College Football Data Warehouse

Sporting positions
Preceded by Chuck Studley	Houston Oilers Defensive Coordinator 1984–1985	Succeeded by Jim Eddy (vacant until 1990)

Persondata
Name	Glanville, Jerry
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	October 14, 1941
Place of birth	Detroit, Michigan
Date of death
Place of death