Not only did Aaron Glenn, a former defensive back and assistant coach for Payton, land the New York Jets’ head coaching job, but he did so after a terrific run as the defensive coordinator in Detroit. There, he coached for head man Dan Campbell, himself a Payton disciple.
“I spoke to him the night before he took that job, and I could feel his excitement,” the Broncos head coach said earlier this year. “I go all the way back when he was a player for us in Dallas, and then had the chance to hire him. He was a scout, I think, when we hired him and he first got into coaching.