How did the New York Jets land on Aaron Glenn as their next head coach? Judy Battista details an exhaustive process that took months, involved hundreds of voices and validated the recommendation of a legendary figure in franchise history.

Feeling confident he had a future as a head coach, Glenn's coaching mentor Bill Parcell's recommended a slightly different path into the coaching profession.

It's with the Lions as the defensive play-caller that Glenn showed his aptitude to become a top coach who can lead a collection of men to greatness. Plenty of sources around the league have commended the Jets for the hire of Glenn, feeling his experience as a player and coach will be well suited for New York.

The New York Jets entered the offseason facing serious questions about their future. New York answered one of those questions Wednesday, hiring Aaron Glenn as the team’s new head coach. While the Jets still need a general manager and a long term solution at quarterback,

Glenn, 52, returns to New York as he has been hired by the team as their next head coach. His arrival was met with plenty of excitement because of his prior connections with the Jets as a player. Now his first day in New York is in the books with his introductory press conference that went down on Monday.

Aaron Glenn is in the house. The job he was most interested in is now his, and he's already taking a deep dive into the workload as Jets head coach in bringing his staff together and micro-evaluating the roster with new GM Darren Mougey.

Aaron Glenn began his NFL career with the New York Jets, and now he's returning home, on Wednesday agreeing to become the team's newest head coach following a four-year run as the Detroit Lions defensive coordinator.

Two Pro Football Hall of Famers who spent time with the New York Jets praised the hiring of Aaron Glenn as the team's new head coach.

Former Cowboys cornerback Aaron Glenn, who excelled as defensive coordinator for the Detroit Lions, has been hired as the New ... Bill Parcells, who coached the defensive back with the Cowboys and ...

One of the people happy about the Aaron Glenn's new job is Bill Parcells, who was his coach with the Jets and the Cowboys.

For New York Jets head coach Aaron Glenn, though, that path to becoming the top man for the job had many different twists and turns. And it started in 1994.