He becomes the fifth NFL head coach to have a playing history with his current team, after Mike Vrabel (New England Patriots), Jim Harbaugh (Los Angeles Chargers), DeMeco Ryans (Houston Texans) and Dan Campbell, his most recent boss in Detroit.

The Detroit Lions have enjoyed an exhilarating ... lost on “The Drive” and then “The Fumble”? Remember when Rex Ryan, another coach who leveraged culture until he couldn’t, led the ...

The New York Jets reportedly will hold a second interview with Detroit Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn, according to Ian Rapoport and Mike Garafolo

Where there's smoke, there tends to be fire, and there seems to be some smoke billowing from the idea that Detriot Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson

It would be a role reversal from 2009 through 2011, when Schottenheimer served as offensive coordinator with the Jets under Ryan. The pairing worked. They ended up in back-to-back AFC Championships with Schottenheimer running the offense and Ryan running the show.

Aaron Glenn, a former Jets cornerback, has been named the new head coach of the team, succeeding Robert Saleh.

The bottom officially dropped out for Rex in 2014. The Jets finished with their worst record during the Ryan era at 4-12, capped by a humiliating 48-3 loss to the Buffalo Bills in a game that was relocated to Detroit’s Ford Field due to a major winter storm that crippled the city of Buffalo.

The Jets have reportedly hired Glenn as their next head coach on Wednesday, replacing Robert Saleh (and interim head coach Jeff Ulbrich). The now-former Lions defensive coordinator has risen the ranks from scout to coordinator and now gets his first shot at head coaching.

The New York Jets and Aaron Glenn agreed to terms on making the Detroit Lions defensive coordinator their head coach on Wednesday, according to a person with knowledge of the hiring.

Aaron Glenn, who oversaw the Detroit Lions defense the last four years, beat out 15 other candidates for the New York Jets head coaching job.

The New York Jets have found their new head coach in Detroit Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn, according to multiple reports on Wednesday.

And they ended up choosing one of their former players — a first-round draft pick in 1994 who was mentored by Bill Parcells, became one of the Jets’ best playmakers and developed into a well-respected and highly sought coach.