The New York Jets are coming off one of the worst seasons in franchise history. Aaron Glenn and the Jets went 3-14, but things went a lot worse than that record indicates.
And yet, on Black Monday, as coaches around the NFL like Kevin Stefanski, Johnathan Gannon, Pete Carroll, and others are getting fired, Glenn has not been linked to a potential departure.
So, why are the Jets keeping Glenn despite such a miserable 2025 season? The reason is clear. This was always meant to be a rebuild year, and owner Woody Johnson still has Glenn's back, according to a report from ESPN.
Why the Jets aren't firing Aaron Glenn
The Jets, while they had a brutal 2025 season, knew this wouldn't be their year. They traded Quinnen Williams and Saucer Gardner at the trade deadline, and by that point, knew Justin Fields wasn't the solution at quarterback.
While this has been a massively disappointing season, and Glenn is responsible for a lot of the issues, there were far too many issues to fix coming into Glenn's tenure.
If this weren't year one, and the clear beginning of a multi-year rebuild, the Jets might have more reason to move on from Glenn.
But it's his rookie season as a head coach, and with the players at his disposal, there were too many issues the team needed to address for this season to be a competitive one.
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Johnson still believes in Glenn and Darren Mougey, and is willing to give them another year to figure things out. And even if Glenn and the Jets have another bad season, as long as it's normally bad, and not the kind of bad 2025 was, he should be back for another year.
This was never going to be a short rebuild for the Jets, and now that Johnson has signed off on the trades of their top defenders and whiffed on the Fields signing, moving on from Glenn will do the Jets no good.
A lot of work still needs to be done, and for now, the Jets are sticking with Glenn as the head coach of the team. Yes, the 2025 season was a miserable one that set a whole slew of embarrassing NFL history feats (like 0 interceptions).
But all signs have pointed to Glenn being the head coach for the 2026 season at least, and while things could change next season, Jets fans should expect nothing different for 2026.
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