Glanville-Davis could be the ticket for PSU football coaching campaign

Decision may hinge on wife of former NFL head coach, TV analyst

By Kerry Eggers

LocalNewsDaily.com, Feb 24, 2007, Updated Oct 30, 2009 (5 Reader comments)

Jerry Glanville may be leaving his tickets for Elvis Presley at PGE Park this fall.

The former NFL head coach and current defensive coordinator at University of Hawaii interviews Monday for the Portland State job, and indications are he will be offered it.

"There's a good chance," said a person close to the PSU search committee. "The program needs a shot in the arm. (His hiring) would create a buzz. Jerry could get it jump-started for at least two or three years, then turn it over to someone else."

That's because Glanville turns 66 in October. Of course, that makes him a mere kid compared with Mouse Davis, 74, the former PSU head coach who was also an assistant Hawaii last season and would serve as Glanville's offensive coordinator if he were to get the job.

For the last two seasons, as Glanville as served as a member of June Jones' Hawaii staff, his wife, Brenda, remained at her home in Georgia.

"Jerry will take (the Portland State position) if they offer it to him, as long as Brenda decides Portland is right for her," Davis said Saturday from his home in Honolulu. "I think she'll fall in love with the place. Portland is her kind of place. She likes wide open spaces, and there is plenty of that out and around Portland. I can see her becoming enthralled."

Tim Walsh, who left Portland State last week to accept the offensive coordinator job at Army, made $130,000 last season, not exactly NFL money.

"Jerry doesn't need any money," Davis said. "He made millions in television."

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