Jets turn to former player Aaron Glenn to turn franchise around as head coach

• 52-year-old won plaudits as Lions defensive coordinator
• Glenn was a first-round choice for Jets as a player

The New York Jets and Aaron Glenn agreed to terms on making the Detroit Lions defensive coordinator their head coach on Wednesday, according to multiple reports. ESPN first reported that Glenn agreed to coach the Jets.

Glenn, who oversaw the Lions' defense the past four years, beat out 15 other candidates for the job as the Jets went through an extensive search to find their next coach. And they ended up choosing one of their former players - a first-round draft pick in 1994 who now gets the chance to try to turn around the fortunes of the franchise 31 years later as its coach.