Joe Glenn (American Football)
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| Date of birth | March 7, 1949 | |
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| Place of birth | Lincoln, Nebraska | |
| Sport | Football | |
| College | Wyoming | |
| Title | Head Coach | |
| Record with Team | 15-20 | |
| Overall Record | 153-60 | |
| Coaching Stats | College Football DataWarehouse | |
| School as a player | ||
| 1968-71 | South Dakota | |
| Position | Quarterback & Wide Receiver | |
| Schools as a coach | ||
| 1989-99 2000-02 2003-Present |
Northern Colorado Montana Wyoming |
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Joe Glenn (b. March 7, 1949 in Lincoln, Nebraska) is the 30th head coach at the University of Wyoming since the school began playing football in 1893. Glenn took over Wyoming's football program in December of 2002 after Wyoming fired the previous coach, Vic Koenning.
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[edit] Early coaching career
Joe Glenn served as backfield coach at his alma mater, 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 did 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 national football championships in 1996 and 1997. Glenn spent eleven seasons at UNC, with a 98-35 record.
[edit] Montana coaching career
Glenn came to Wyoming following a distinguished career in NCAA Division I-AA and Division II. Before arriving at Wyoming, Glenn coached at the Montana for three seasons. He had a 39-6 record at Montana. In 2001, the Grizzles won the NCAA Division I-AA national football championship, defeating Furman University. In the year before, the Grizzlies finished as the NCAA Division I-AA runner-up, losing to Georgia Southern University in the championship game. In 2002, Montana finished in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championships.
[edit] Wyoming coaching career
The Joe Glenn era at the University of Wyoming has been promising, yet full of disappointment. In 2005, the Cowboys only needed to win 1 of their final 4 games to become bowl eligible, but they suffered embarasing losses in all 4 games. Over a three-year period, Glenn and his staff have taken a team that won only five games in the three previous seasons to a Pioneer PureVision 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 the first bowl victory in 38 years. In 2005, after starting 4-1, including a victory over the University of Mississippi, 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 confrence. After an opening day victory over Utah State, the Cowboys suffered four embarrassing losses, two of them in overtime. Then the Cowboys fourtones began to shift. The team enjoyed a four game winning streak, all of those games against conrence opponents. The Cowboys next two games were both embarrassing road losses, the first against Texas Christian University, in which they manage only a field goal. The next game was on the road against than #25 BYU. The Cougars pumled the Cowboys 55-7. The Cowboys fell to 5-6. The Cowboys won thier final game against UNLV, moving them to a 6-6 record, and making them bowl eligabe. It remains yet to be seen if the Cowboys will get a bowl invitation, but it is possible, because of the crowd they attracted in the Las Vegas Bowl.
Over his 21-season head coaching career, Glenn has won nearly 70 percent of his games. As of the end of the 2005 season, Glenn's record stands at 173-79-1 (.684). During his career he has had 17 winning seasons.
[edit] 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. After graduation he earned an ROTC commission as a second lieutenant and served two years on active duty. In 1975 he received a master's degree in education from South Dakota. In 2006, Joe Glenn with be introduced into the University of South Dakota Hall of Fame.
He 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 offensive lineman at Carroll College in Helena, Montana, concluding his playing career in 2002.
| Preceded by: Ron Simonson |
Northern Colorado Head Football Coach 1989 – 1999 |
Succeeded by: Kay Dalton |
| Preceded by: Mick Dennehy |
Montana Head Football Coach 2000 – 2002 |
Succeeded by: Bobby Hauck |
| Preceded by: Vic Koenning |
Wyoming Head Football Coach 2003 – Present |
Succeeded by: Current coach |
| Wyoming Cowboys Head Football Coaches |
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| Hess • Soule • McMurray • Ehlman • Dean • Excelby • Thacker • Corbett • Dietz • McLaren • Rhodes • Witte • Hunt • Blanchard • Oakes • Wyatt • Dickens • Devaney • Eaton • Shurmur • Akers • Lewis • Dye • Kincaid • Erickson • Roach • Tiller • Dimel • Koenning • Glenn |
