'Glee' drafts two new coaches for season two

07/27/2010 by Kristina Lopez

Now that Idina Menzels Shelby Corcoran has moved on from Vocal Adrenaline to raise Quinn and Pucks baby, the superstar glee club is in need of a new coach. According to Entertainment Weekly, Broadway and 30 Rock star Cheyenne Jackson will be taking over the reins.

It also looks like McKinley High will be getting a new football coach as well. TV Guide reports that actress Dot Jones has signed on to season two to boss around Finn, Puck and the rest of the football stars on the field. It's unclear what this means for the team's current lovelorn coach, Ken Tanaka (played by Patrick Gallagher).

The two additions join a handful of new characters set to shake up televisions most beloved glee club members next season. It was announced yesterday that Chord Overstreet will play "a high school athlete who starts off as Finns protégé but becomes his competition,"

Other guest stars confirmed for season two include John Stamos, who will play a dentist who battles glee club director Will Schuester, for the affections of guidance counselor Emma Pillsbury and singer Charice, who is set to play a foreign exchange student who competes with Rachel Berry, the star of the glee club who is played by Lea Michele.

Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel, who starred opposite one another in the hit Broadway musical Wicked and who guest-starred last season as wacky April Rhodes and Berry's long-lost biological mother Shelby, will also return in season two, The Hollywood Reporter quoted Glee creator Ryan Murphy as saying at Comic-Con 2010 in San Diego.

He also said the show's writers were also working on a Rocky Horror-themed episode, adding that cast member Chris Colfer requested to do "The Time Warp," the movie's signature dance, on the series. FOX has not commented on the report.

Murphy had also said the second season would feature an episode dedicated to Britney Spears, although it was unclear if the pop star herself would appear on the show. The previous debut season featured tributes to Madonna and Lady Gaga.

Murphy said at Comic-Con that season two "will be more intimate," adding that Tina has fallen out of love with Artie and in love with Mike Chang." Meanwhile, Mercedes will probably sing a solo at her church and Colfer's character, a shy, homosexual student named Kurt, will be attending as well in a religion-themed hour.