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NY Daily News: Detroit Lions Defensive Coach Aaron Glenn Takes Jets Head Coaching Job

January 22, 2025, 4:35 PM by  Allan Lengel

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Another key coach for the Detroit Lions is leaving.

Defensive coach Aaron Glenn, 52, who was credited with helping keep the Lions' defense going this year despite a tragic number of injuries, has taken the head coaching job with the New York Jets, a team which finished with a 5-12 record this season, the New York Daily News reports.

For Glenn, it's a return home.

The Jets picked him in the first round in the 1994 NFL draft. He played eight seasons with the team. He came to the Lions as a coach in 2021.

Daily News reporter Antwan Staley reports:

It takes a unique person to coach the Jets because there’s a lot that comes with that.

Glenn, firsthand as a player and working within the organization as a scout from 2012-13, knows that. He knows how to deal with the distractions that come with working in the New York metropolitan area and the scrutiny Glenn would face if he doesn’t produce on the field results. But despite that, Glenn still took the job, which says a lot about him and his want to turn the Jets from a laughing stock to contenders, much like he and Dan Campbell did with the Lions.

 


Read more:  New York Daily News


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