Attention Elvis Presley: you will no longer have tickets waiting for you at Portland State's Will Call window. Your boy, Jerry Glanville, has been relieved of his duties as Portland State's head coach, according to KPTV.Glanville, the larger-than-life former coach of the Houston Oilers and Atlanta Falcons, is wrapping up his third season as the Vikings' head coach. Under his leadership Portland State has gone 9-24, with a 2-9 record this season. Oregon Live reports that attendance, always a concern for any FCS program, has hit its second-lowest point in 22 seasons.
Glanville's career has led him from the sidelines of Western Kentucky University all the way to the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, but his first love was always coaching. Portland State may have seemed a strange stop for him, but Glanville is a long-time friend of legendary PSU coach Darrel "Mouse" Davis, progenitor of the Run & Shoot offense. Glanville pioneered the use of the Run & Shoot in the NFL.
Glanville may not have found much success on the field at Portland State, but he characteristically found his way into the hearts of the community, as Oregon Live's John Canzano relates:
He's got a wonderful personality. Glanville is a master storyteller, charismatic dinner guest and his wife, Brenda, is so big-hearted that she was recently given $5,000 worth of gift cards to Elephants Delicatessen and used them to buy sandwiches and hand them out to homeless people downtown. I love all that about him.There's no word on what Glanville's next move will be. He's 68 years old, so retirement is certainly an option. A part of me hopes he'll get back in to broadcasting, however. He was always as colorful a color commentator as could be imagined.
Yes, but can he win games, you're thinking.
And you're right to ask that.
That's the bottom-line criteria by which we judge football coaches. By that standard, Glanville's tenure has been a disaster.
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Wonderful personality? Master story teller? Ask the folks in Houston. He's the guy who said we could all kiss his backside when he left. Yeah, we loved him--like a wart between the eyes.
I hear that the Cleveland Browns may be looking for a coach that can give them 2-3 wins in a season. looks like a good job oppertunity for Glamville.