When did " The Glee Project " start airing ?
The twelve main cast members from the first season returned for the second : Matthew Morrison as glee club director Will Schuester , Jane Lynch as cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester , Jayma Mays as guidance counselor Emma Pillsbury , Jessalyn Gilsig as Will 's former wife Terri Schuester and Dianna Agron , Chris Colfer , Kevin McHale , Lea Michele , Cory Monteith , Amber Riley , Mark Salling and Jenna Ushkowitz as glee club members Quinn Fabray , Kurt Hummel , Artie Abrams , Rachel Berry , Finn Hudson , Mercedes Jones , Noah " Puck " Puckerman and Tina Cohen - Chang , respectively .