Ex-NFL coach Jerry Glanville joins Northwestern Oklahoma State as defensive coordinator

Former NFL head coach Jerry Glanville joins Northwestern Oklahoma State as defensive coordinator

The Northwestern Oklahoma State University football team has hired longtime coach Jerry Glanville as defensive coordinator.

Glanville comes to the NCAA Division II Rangers with 57 years of coaching experience from a multitude of different areas including NCAA Division I, NFL, USFL, CFL, and XFL. Glanville worked in the NFL first in 1974 with the Lions before working with the Falcons, Bills, Oilers, and Falcons.  He was the head coach with the Falcons and Oilers, accumulating 60 wins along with three postseason victories.

"When I accepted this job at Northwestern, I promised to do everything in my power to bring back the winning tradition of the Ranger Football program," NWOSU head coach Ronnie Jones said in a release.

"Bringing coach Jerry Glanville is a major step in that direction.  He brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to our program.  He is considered one of the greatest defensive coaches to ever coach the game and I can't wait to watch him turn our defense into a dominating unit."

The 82-year-old Glanville went 60-69 in nine seasons as an NFL head coach (1985-89 with the Houston Oilers and 1990-93 with the Atlanta Falcons).

The Detroit native last coached in 2022 with the Alabama Airborne of Major League Football.

Warriors assistant coach Dejan Milojević, 46, dies in Salt Lake City after heart attack

Golden State Warriors assistant coach Dejan Milojević, a mentor to two-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic and a former star player in his native Serbia, died Wednesday in Utah after suffering a heart attack, the team announced. Milojević, part of the staff that helped the Warriors win the 2022 NBA championship, was 46.

Milojević died in Salt Lake City, where he was hospitalized after the medical emergency happened during a private team dinner on Tuesday night. The Warriors had been scheduled to play the Utah Jazz on Wednesday night, a game the NBA postponed.

“We are absolutely devastated by Dejan's sudden passing," coach Steve Kerr said in a statement released by the team. “This is a shocking and tragic blow for everyone associated with the Warriors and an incredibly difficult time for his family, friends, and all of us who had the incredible pleasure to work with him.”

Milojević was in his third season with the Warriors. He previously coached in Serbia — where he once worked with a young Jokic before the now-Denver Nuggets star came to the United States — along with Montenegro. He had been a head coach for eight years in Europe and previously was an assistant coach for the Serbian national team alongside current Atlanta assistant Igor Koskoskov.

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NBA: Pascal Siakam is being traded from the Toronto Raptors to the Indiana Pacers, according to a person with knowledge of the agreement. The trade ends Siakam's nearly 8-year run with the Raptors during which he was a two-time All-NBA selection, two-time All-Star and part of the team that won the 2019 NBA title. Siakam is going to Indiana in exchange for three future first-round draft picks and a pair of players with NBA championship rings — guard Bruce Brown and forward Jordan Nwora — according to the person who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the trade was still pending league approval.

NFL: First responders found Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay unresponsive and struggling to breathe in early December when they responded to an emergency call from inside the home, TMZ.com has reported. The online outlet cited police records that detailed the Dec. 8 incident. According to TMZ, the police report revealed Irsay had a “blue skin tone” and was treated with Narcan, a medicine that can reverse an opioid overdose. Eventually, he was transported to a hospital. Irsay has publicly acknowledge his battle with addiction, most recently in November when he told HBO Sports he had sought out treatment at least 15 times.

—Staff and wire reports

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