Joe Glenn (American football)
Biographical details | |
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Born | Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S. | March 7, 1949
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 | |
Overall | 200–134–1 |
Bowls | 1–0 |
Tournaments | 10–5 (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
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
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
Glenn and his wife, Michele, are both natives of
Head coaching record
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ) (1976–1979)
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1976 | Doane | 5–5 | 2–3 | 4th | |||||
1977 | Doane | 5–5 | 3½–1½ | 2nd | |||||
1978 | Doane | 6–4 | 2½–2½ | 4th | |||||
1979 | Doane | 5–4–1 | 1½–2½–1 | 4th | |||||
Doane: | 21–18–1 | 9½–9½–1 | |||||||
Northern Colorado Bears (North Central Conference) (1989–1999) | |||||||||
1989 | Northern Colorado | 6–4 | 5–4 | T–4th | |||||
1990 | Northern Colorado | 8–3 | 6–3 | 3rd | L NCAA Division II First Round | ||||
1991 | Northern Colorado | 8–3 | 6–2 | 2nd | L NCAA Division II First Round | ||||
1992 | Northern Colorado | 6–5 | 4–5 | T–7th | |||||
1993 | Northern Colorado | 8–3 | 6–3 | T–3rd | |||||
1994 | Northern Colorado | 7–4 | 6–3 | T–2nd | |||||
1995 | Northern Colorado | 9–3 | 7–2 | T–2nd | L NCAA Division II First Round | ||||
1996 | Northern Colorado | 12–3 | 6–3 | T–2nd | W NCAA Division II Championship | ||||
1997 | Northern Colorado | 13–2 | 8–1 | 1st | W NCAA Division II Championship | ||||
1998 | Northern Colorado | 11–2 | 8–1 | T–1st | L NCAA Division II Quarterfinal | ||||
1999 | Northern Colorado | 11–2 | 8–1 | T–1st | L NCAA Division II Quarterfinal | ||||
Northern Colorado: | 98–35 | 70–28 | |||||||
Montana Grizzlies (Big Sky Conference) (2000–2002) | |||||||||
2000 | Montana | 13–2 | 8–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division I-AA Championship | ||||
2001 | Montana | 15–1 | 7–0 | 1st | W NCAA Division I-AA Championship | ||||
2002 | Montana | 11–2 | 5–2 | T1st | L NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal | ||||
Montana: | 39–6 | 20–2 | |||||||
Wyoming Cowboys (Mountain West Conference) (2003–2008) | |||||||||
2003 | Wyoming | 4–8 | 2–5 | T–7th | |||||
2004 | Wyoming | 7–5 | 3–4 | T–4th | W Las Vegas | ||||
2005 | Wyoming | 4–7 | 2–6 | 8th | |||||
2006 | Wyoming | 6–6 | 5–3 | T–3rd | |||||
2007 | Wyoming | 5–7 | 2–6 | T–7th | |||||
2008 | Wyoming | 4–8 | 1–7 | T–8th | |||||
Wyoming: | 30–41 | 15–31 | |||||||
South Dakota Coyotes (Missouri Valley Football Conference) (2012–2015) | |||||||||
2012 | South Dakota | 1–10 | 0–8 | 10th | |||||
2013 | South Dakota | 4–8 | 3–5 | T–7th | |||||
2014 | South Dakota | 2–10 | 0–8 | 10th | |||||
2015 | South Dakota | 5–6 | 3–5 | T–6th | |||||
South Dakota: | 12–34 | 6–26 | |||||||
Total: | 200–134–1 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
See also
References
- ^ "Joe Glenn Named 29th Head Football Coach at South Dakota". Archived from the original on April 30, 2012. Retrieved December 6, 2011.
- ^ "University of Northern Colorado Athletic Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on April 23, 2009. Retrieved November 24, 2008.
- ^ "Wyoming fires coach Joe Glenn after 6 seasons".
- ^ "WSN Names 2011 Football Announcers". July 18, 2011. Archived from the original on March 25, 2012. Retrieved July 27, 2011.
- ^ "Wyoming coach apologizes for flipping bird during Utah game". espn.com. November 12, 2007.