Joe Glenn (American football)

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Joe Glenn
Biographical details
Born (1949-03-07) March 7, 1949 (age 74)
Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.
Playing career
1968–1971 South Dakota
Position(s) Quarterback, wide receiver
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1974 South Dakota (backfield)
1975 Northern Arizona (backfield)
1976–1979 Doane
1980–1985 Montana (OC/QB/WR)
1986–1988 Northern Colorado (QB/K)
1989–1999 Northern Colorado
2000–2002 Montana
2003–2008 Wyoming
2012–2015 South Dakota
Head coaching record
Overall200–134–1
Bowls1–0
Tournaments10–5 (NCAA D-II playoffs)
8–2 (NCAA D-I-AA playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 NCAA Division II (1996–1997)
1 NCAA Division I-AA (2001)
4 NCC (1996–1999)
3 Big Sky (2000–2002)
Awards
Eddie Robinson Award (2000)

Joseph Cassidy Glenn (born March 7, 1949) is a former American football coach and former player. He was the head football coach at the University of South Dakota, his alma mater, from 2012 to 2015. [1] He was named head coach on December 5, 2011, after the school's athletic director, David Sayler, fired Ed Meierkort. Glenn served as the head football coach at Doane College (1976–1979), the University of Northern Colorado (1989–1999), the University of Montana (2000–2002), and the University of Wyoming (2003–2008). He won two NCAA Division II Football Championships at Northern Colorado, in 1996 and 1997, and an NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship at Montana in 2001.

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Coaching career

Early coaching career

Glenn served as backfield coach at the University of South Dakota in 1974. He was also a backfield coach at Northern Arizona University in 1975.

Glenn's first head coaching job was at Doane College in Crete, Nebraska. There he was the youngest head college football coach at 27 years of age. While at Doane he compiled a 21–18–1 record over four seasons. After Doane, Glenn made his first stint at the University of Montana as a quarterbacks and wide receivers coach and offensive coordinator from 1980 to 1985. He was out of coaching in 1986. In 1987, he joined the staff at University of Northern Colorado (UNC) as quarterbacks and kicking coach. He was named head coach of UNC for the 1989 season.

Prior to coaching at Montana, Glenn led the Division II University of Northern Colorado to two NCAA Division II Football Championships in 1996 and 1997. Glenn spent eleven seasons at UNC, with a 98–35 record. [2]

Montana

Glenn coached at Montana for three seasons, from 2000 to 2002, and compiled a 39–6 record. In 2001, the Grizzlies won the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship, defeating Furman in the title game. The year before, the Grizzlies finished as the NCAA Division I-AA runner-up, losing to Georgia Southern in the championship game. In 2002, Montana finished in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs.

Wyoming

Over a three-year period, Glenn and his staff took a team that won only five games in the three previous seasons to a Las Vegas Bowl win in two seasons. The 24–21 victory over UCLA on December 23, 2004, marked the first bowl appearance for Wyoming in 11 years and their first bowl victory in 38 years. In 2005, after starting 4–1, including a victory over the Ole Miss, the Cowboys went on a six-game losing skid, finishing 4–7.

The 2006 season was one which saw the Cowboys picked to finish last in the conference. After an opening day victory over Utah State, the Cowboys suffered four losses, two of them in overtime. Then the Cowboys fortunes began to shift. The team enjoyed a four-game winning streak, all against conference opponents. The Cowboys next two games were both road losses, the first against TCU, in which they managed only a field goal. The next game was on the road against than #25 BYU. The Cougars trounced the Cowboys, 55–7. The Cowboys fell to 5–6. The Cowboys won their final game against UNLV, moving them to a 6–6 record, and making them bowl eligible but the team did not receive an invitation.

The 2007 Cowboys season started off with a 23–3 victory over Atlantic Coast Conference-member Virginia. By the end of October, Wyoming was 5–3 and needed only one win in its last four games to become bowl-eligible. However, the Cowboys lost all four games to finish 5–7, including a 50–0 thrashing at the hands of Utah on November 10.

Offensive coordinator Billy Cockhill was fired at the end of the 2007 season and replaced by Bob Cole, formerly of Florida A&M in an attempt to improve the Cowboy's anemic offense. Junior college signal caller Dax Crum came to the Laramie campus from the Mesa Community College in Arizona to compete for the starting quarterback job, which he won over junior Karsten Sween.

The 2008 Cowboys opened the season with a win over Mid-American Conference-member 2008 Ohio Bobcats football team (21-20), a loss to Air Force (23-3) and a win over FCS North Dakota State (16–13). Wyoming followed up that victory with five straight losses: to BYU (44–0), Bowling Green (45–16), New Mexico (24–0), Utah (40-7), and TCU (54–7). On November 1, the Pokes beat San Diego State, 35–10, at home and then followed with a win over Tennessee, 13–7, on the road a week later. Five days later, on Thursday, Wyoming lost to UNLV, 22–14, on the road. Wyoming finished the season by losing to arch rival Colorado State, 31–20, at home in the 100th Border War. The following day, November 23, 2008, Glenn was fired. Glenn finished his career at Wyoming with an overall record of 30–41 (.423), and 15–31 (.326) versus Mountain West opponents. [3]

Glenn joined the Mtn. as a game-day analyst in 2009. In 2010, he left the Mtn. and joined the WAC Sports Network as a color commentator. [4]

South Dakota

Glenn was named USD's 29th head football coach on December 5, 2011. Glenn started coaching the Coyotes during the 2012 season as they started their first season as a full-fledged member in Division I-FCS football, competing in the Missouri Valley Football Conference.

Controversy

During the week before their game against Utah in 2007, Glenn "guaranteed" a victory at a luncheon for University of Wyoming students. However, this ended up motivating Utah as they beat Wyoming that day, 50–0. In the third quarter, with the Utes up 43–0, Utah attempted an onside kick. After the play, a furious Glenn was caught giving the middle finger in the direction of the Utah sidelines on national television. The Mountain West Conference reprimanded Glenn, who would later apologize for the obscene gesture and regretted the "guarantee." [5]

Personal life

Glenn graduated from the University of South Dakota in 1971. While there, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in health, physical education, recreation and athletics. He played quarterback and wide receiver for the Coyotes, and was selected a team captain as a senior. During college, he completed Army ROTC and upon graduation was commissioned as a second lieutenant serving two-years of active duty as an MP at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. In 1975, he received a master's degree in education from South Dakota. In 2006, Glenn was inducted into the university's Hall of Fame.

Glenn and his wife, Michele, are both natives of Lincoln, Nebraska. They have two adult children: a daughter, Erin, and a son, Casey. Casey was an All-American offensive lineman at Carroll College in Helena, Montana, concluding his playing career in 2002 when Carroll won their first of five NAIA National Championships. After coaching at Idaho State, South Dakota and Oklahoma, he served as tight ends and fullbacks coach after serving as Director of Football Operations for Wyoming under his father.

Head coaching record

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
Doane Tigers (Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)(1976–1979)
1976 Doane5–52–34th
1977 Doane5–53½–1½2nd
1978 Doane6–42½–2½4th
1979 Doane5–4–11½–2½–14th
Doane:21–18–19½–9½–1
Northern Colorado Bears (North Central Conference)(1989–1999)
1989 Northern Colorado6–45–4T–4th
1990 Northern Colorado8–36–33rdL NCAA Division II First Round
1991 Northern Colorado8–36–22ndL NCAA Division II First Round
1992 Northern Colorado6–54–5T–7th
1993 Northern Colorado8–36–3T–3rd
1994 Northern Colorado7–46–3T–2nd
1995 Northern Colorado9–37–2T–2ndL NCAA Division II First Round
1996 Northern Colorado 12–36–3T–2ndW NCAA Division II Championship
1997 Northern Colorado 13–28–11stW NCAA Division II Championship
1998 Northern Colorado11–28–1T–1stL NCAA Division II Quarterfinal
1999 Northern Colorado11–28–1T–1stL NCAA Division II Quarterfinal
Northern Colorado:98–3570–28
Montana Grizzlies (Big Sky Conference)(2000–2002)
2000 Montana 13–28–01stL NCAA Division I-AA Championship
2001 Montana 15–17–01stW NCAA Division I-AA Championship
2002 Montana 11–25–2T1stL NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal
Montana:39–620–2
Wyoming Cowboys (Mountain West Conference)(2003–2008)
2003 Wyoming 4–82–5T–7th
2004 Wyoming 7–53–4T–4thW Las Vegas
2005 Wyoming 4–72–68th
2006 Wyoming 6–65–3T–3rd
2007 Wyoming 5–72–6T–7th
2008 Wyoming 4–81–7T–8th
Wyoming:30–4115–31
South Dakota Coyotes (Missouri Valley Football Conference)(2012–2015)
2012 South Dakota 1–100–810th
2013 South Dakota 4–83–5T–7th
2014 South Dakota 2–100–810th
2015 South Dakota 5–63–5T–6th
South Dakota:12–346–26
Total:200–134–1
      National championship        Conference title        Conference division title or championship game berth

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References

  1. ↑ "Joe Glenn Named 29th Head Football Coach at South Dakota". Archived from the original on April 30, 2012. Retrieved December 6, 2011.
  2. ↑ "University of Northern Colorado Athletic Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on April 23, 2009. Retrieved November 24, 2008.
  3. ↑ "Wyoming fires coach Joe Glenn after 6 seasons".
  4. ↑ "WSN Names 2011 Football Announcers". July 18, 2011. Archived from the original on March 25, 2012. Retrieved July 27, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Wyoming coach apologizes for flipping bird during Utah game". espn.com. November 12, 2007.
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