Marty Schottenheimer close to UFL gig

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By Chris Mortensen

ESPN

 

Barring a last-minute snag in negotiations, Marty Schottenheimer will become the latest former NFL coach to run a United Football League franchise, this time with the expansion Virginia Destroyers, according to sources.

 

Schottenheimer, 67, has not coached since he was unceremoniously fired by the San Diego Chargers after a 14-2 season in 2006, primarily because of a dysfunctional relationship with general manager A.J. Smith. His career record as an NFL head coach is 200-126-1, sixth on the all-time list.

 

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Edited March 21, 2011 by BLUE

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Wow, so a UFL team lures him back to coaching over an NFL team...

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And in other news.

 

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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) Jerry Glanville, the colorful former coach of the NFL's Houston Oilers and Atlanta Falcons, is returning to the sidelines as head coach of the UFL's Hartford Colonials.

 

UFL commissioner Michael Huyghue said Monday that bringing in Glanville is part of the league's strategy to hire coaches who "have a winning pedigree and are household names.

 

Glanville joins Jim Fassel in Las Vegas and Dennis Green in Sacramento as UFL coaches who had previously worked in the NFL.

 

Glanville, who was 63-73 as an NFL coach, succeeds Chris Palmer who led Hartford to a 3-5 record in 2010, then left in February to become offensive coordinator for the Tennessee Titans.