Jerry Glanville Jerry Glanville ( born October 14 , 1941 ) is a former American football player and current head coach of the Hartford Colonials of the United Football League , former NASCAR driver and owner , and sportscaster in the United States . He served the head coach of the Houston Oilers from 1986 to 1990 and the Atlanta Falcons from 1990 to 1994 , compiling a career NFL record of 63 – 73 . From 2007 to 2009 , he was the head football coach at Portland State University , tallying a mark of 9 – 24 . Glanville has worked as an analyst on HBO ' s " Inside the NFL " , CBS Sports | CBS ' s " The NFL Today " / " NFL on CBS " and Fox ' s coverage of the NFL . He has also raced on the Automobile Racing Club of America circuit . Playing career . Glanville played middle linebacker at Northern Michigan University , from which he graduated in 1964 . Coaching career . National Football League . During Glanville ' s time in the National Football League he was the special teams / defensive assistant for the Detroit Lions from 1974 – 1976 , the secondary coach for the Atlanta Falcons from 1977 – 1978 and the Falcons defensive coordinator from 1979 – 1982 , the secondary coach of the Buffalo Bills in 1983 , the defensive coordinator of the then Houston Oilers from 1984 – 1985 and the Oilers head coach from 1986 – 1989 , and head coach of the Atlanta Falcons from 1990 - 1993 . As an NFL head coach , Glanville was more famous for his antics and brash , outspoken personality than for his success on the field ( his career record is 63 - 73 ) . While coaching the Falcons , he regularly challenged and mocked opposing teams players on television and in interviews . He was also famous for often leaving tickets at will - call for the late Elvis Presley , wearing all black to be easily recognized by his players , and driving replicas of vehicles driven by James Dean . When Brett Favre was selected in the second round of the 1991 NFL Draft by Atlanta , Glanville did not approve and said it would take a plane crash for him to put Favre into a game . Favre only threw four passes during his one season with Atlanta . After leaving Atlanta for Green Bay , Favre would go on to play 19 seasons , starting every game from September 20 , 1992 , to December 5 , 2010 , and becoming the first NFL player to win three AP MVP awards , a feat matched only once since . He would also appear in two Super Bowls , winning Super Bowl XXXI . United Football League . On March 21 , 2011 , the Hartford Colonials of the United Football League announced that Glanville would serve as the team ' s head coach and general manager . College football . Glanville was formerly the defensive coordinator for the University of Hawaii ' s football team , working under his former coordinator at Atlanta , June Jones for two seasons . Prior to his tenure at the University of Hawaii , Glanville was the defensive ends / outside linebackers coach at Georgia Tech from 1968 – 1973 and the defensive coordinator at Western Kentucky University in 1967 . On February 28 , 2007 , he accepted the head coaching position at Portland State University ( PSU ) , his first college head coaching job . Glanville , who replaced Tim Walsh , was PSU ' s 12th head coach in the history of the program . He resigned this position with the support of the university on November 17 , 2009 , with an overall record of 9 – 24 during his tenure . NASCAR career . Jerry also had a brief career as the Owner / Driver of a black # 81 Craftsman Truck Series from 1995 thru 1999 , with a best finish of 14th four times . He finished 18th in the points in 1995 as his best points position of his career . In media . The Sega Genesis system offered " Jerry Glanville ' s PigSkin Footbrawl " , a medieval - themed arcade - style football game . The game was a port of the 1990 classic arcade game Pigskin 621 A . D . , released by Bally Midway . Jerry appeared among the hosts of the pregame shows for Cartoon Network ' s annual Super Bowl parodies , " The Big Game " , from 1999 through 2001 - Tweety VS Sylvester in 1999 , Wile E . Coyote VS Road Runner in 2000 , and Bugs Bunny VS Daffy Duck in 2001 . In the pregame picks for these games , he always picked the character who was " not " likely to win ; surprisingly , in the Bugs VS Daffy game , he was correct in predicting that Daffy would win .