"I'm glad that Jerry is a part of us now," Hawai'i head coach June Jones said. "It excites me because he actually helped me get my first coaching job here at UH (in 1983). He called Dick Tomey and put in the good word for me, and then he hired me in the NFL when nobody would. So I'm glad to be reunited with him."

Although Glanville, a former NFL coach, was at the opening of UH's spring practice Monday and offered tips to UH assistants, he was called an "observer," by Jones.

School policy prohibited Jones or athletic director Herman Frazier from filling the advertised position until today.

Glanville, 63, was defensive coordinator with the Atlanta Falcons and Houston Oilers. He later became head coach of both teams, and led his teams to a combined four playoff appearances. Jones was an assistant under Glanville at both teams, and replaced Glanville as Falcons' head coach in 1994.

Although away from the game as a coach since 1994, Glanville said football remained in his blood.