Pardee Takes Run-and-Shoot to Oilers : Football: Coach leaves University of Houston, which quickly replaces him with offensive coordinator.

Jack Pardee, coach at the University of Houston, was hired as coach of the Houston Oilers Tuesday.

Pardee, who played 13 seasons for the Rams and closed out his playing career by leading the Washington Redskins to the 1972 Super Bowl, coached the Chicago Bears from 1975-77 and the Redskins from 1978-80.

“I don’t mind the pressure to win,” Pardee said of his new job. “It doesn’t matter your address, if you don’t have the players, it’s just as fatal. I’ll take my chances with the players we have.”

The University of Houston quickly replaced Pardee, naming offensive coordinator John Jenkins as the Cougar coach.

“I can’t explain how excited I am at how the last 48 hours have gone,” Jenkins said. “But any time you have successes like back-to-back 9-2 seasons, there is going to be a dispersement to move on.”

Pardee, 53, replaces Jerry Glanville, who resigned Saturday.

“This is a prestige job,” said Pardee, who leaves the University of Houston after three years. “It’s also the first time I’ve gone in with this type of team.”

The Oilers, who went to the playoffs the past three years, closed the season with three losses, including a 26-23 defeat in overtime to the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC wild-card playoff game.

Oiler owner Bud Adams said: “When it became obvious to me that we had to fill a vacancy here, Jack was the only one I wanted to talk to because it would be such an easy transition.”

Pardee introduced the run-and-shoot offense to pro football as coach of the Houston Gamblers of the United States Football League. Two other former USFL coaches are head coaches in the NFL--Jim Mora of the New Orleans Saints and Lindy Infante of the Green Bay Packers.

The University of Houston was 1-10 in 1986 before Pardee arrived and installed the run-and-shoot. After going 4-6-1 in Pardee’s first season, they were 9-3 and 9-2.

Adams said Pardee would instill more discipline in the Oilers, who led the NFL with 148 penalties last season.

“You don’t see undisciplined teams getting to the Super Bowl,” Adams said. “Oakland did it one year as a wild card, but that’s just one case.”