Aaron Glenn needs to blaze his own Jets trail in homecoming

By
Steve Serby
Published Jan. 22, 2025, 5:49 p.m. ET
Defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn of the Detroit Lions looks on during the second half against the Chicago Bears
Defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn of the Detroit Lions looks on during the second half against the Chicago Bears. Getty Images

For too long, the Jets have proven to be a graveyard for head coaches and quarterbacks. 

And it didn’t scare Aaron Glenn. 

Welcome Home, Aaron Glenn. 

It will help that the Jets’ 21st full-time head coach knows the market and the franchise and the fan base from his eight seasons as a cornerback and two as a personnel scout better than Todd Bowles and Robert Saleh, the two previous hotshot defensive coordinators hired as rookie HCs of the NYJ, certainly did.