 Glenn in 2007 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1949-03-07)March 7, 1949 (age 76) Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1968–1971 | South Dakota |
| Positions | 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 | |
| 2NCAA Division II (1996–1997) 1NCAA Division I-AA (2001) 4NCC (1996–1999) 3Big Sky (2000–2002) | |
| Awards | |
| Eddie Robinson Award (2000) | |
Joseph Cassidy Glenn (born March 7, 1949) is an American formercollege football player and coach. He was the head football coach at theUniversity 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, firedEd Meierkort. Glenn served as the head football coach atDoane College (1976–1979), theUniversity of Northern Colorado (1989–1999), theUniversity of Montana (2000–2002), and theUniversity of Wyoming (2003–2008). He won twoNCAA Division II Football Championships at Northern Colorado, in 1996 and 1997, and anNCAA Division I-AA Football Championship at Montana in 2001.
Glenn served as backfield coach at theUniversity of South Dakota in 1974. He was also a backfield coach atNorthern Arizona University in 1975.
Glenn's first head coaching job was atDoane College inCrete, 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 theUniversity of Montana as aquarterbacks andwide receivers coach andoffensive coordinator from 1980 to 1985. He was out of coaching in 1986. In 1987, he joined the staff atUniversity 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 theDivision II University of Northern Colorado to twoNCAA Division II Football Championships in 1996 and 1997. Glenn spent eleven seasons at UNC, with a 98–35 record.[2]
Glenn coached at Montana for three seasons, from 2000 to 2002, and compiled a 39–6 record. In 2001, the Grizzlies won theNCAA Division I-AA Football Championship, defeatingFurman in the title game. The year before, the Grizzlies finished as the NCAA Division I-AA runner-up, losing toGeorgia Southern in the championship game. In 2002, Montana finished in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs.
Over a three-year period, Glenn and his staff took a team that won only five games in the three previous seasons to aLas Vegas Bowl win in two seasons. The 24–21 victory overUCLA on December 23, 2004, marked the firstbowl appearance for Wyoming in 11 years and their first bowl victory in 38 years. In 2005, after starting 4–1, including a victory over theOle 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 overUtah 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 againstTCU, in which they managed only a field goal. The next game was on the road against No. 25BYU. The Cougars trounced the Cowboys, 55–7. The Cowboys fell to 5–6. The Cowboys won their final game againstUNLV, 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 overAtlantic Coast Conference-memberVirginia. 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 ofUtah on November 10.
Offensive coordinator Billy Cockhill was fired at the end of the 2007 season and replaced by Bob Cole, formerly ofFlorida A&M in an attempt to improve the Cowboy's anemic offense. Junior college signal caller Dax Crum came to the Laramie campus from theMesa Community College inArizona to compete for the starting quarterback job, which he won over junior Karsten Sween.
The2008 Cowboys opened the season with a win overMid-American Conference-member2008 Ohio Bobcats football team (21-20), a loss toAir Force (23-3) and a win over FCSNorth Dakota State (16–13). Wyoming followed up that victory with five straight losses: toBYU (44–0),Bowling Green (45–16),New Mexico (24–0),Utah (40-7), andTCU (54–7). On November 1, the Pokes beatSan Diego State, 35–10, at home and then followed with a win overTennessee, 13–7, on the road a week later. Five days later, on Thursday, Wyoming lost toUNLV, 22–14, on the road. Wyoming finished the season by losing to arch rivalColorado State, 31–20, at home in the 100thBorder 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 theMtn. as a game-day analyst in 2009. In 2010, he left the Mtn. and joined theWAC Sports Network as a color commentator.[4]
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 theMissouri Valley Football Conference.
During the week before their game againstUtah in 2007, Glenn "guaranteed" a victory at a luncheon forUniversity 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. TheMountain West Conference reprimanded Glenn, who would later apologize for the obscene gesture and regretted the "guarantee."[5]
Glenn graduated from theUniversity of South Dakota in 1971. While there, he earned aBachelor 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 ArmyROTC and upon graduation was commissioned as asecond lieutenant serving two years of active duty as an MP atFort 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 ofLincoln, Nebraska. They have two adult children: a daughter, Erin, and a son, Casey. Casey was an All-Americanoffensive lineman atCarroll College inHelena, 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 forWyoming under his father.
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doane Tigers(Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)(1976–1979) | |||||||||
| 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 | LNCAA Division II First Round | ||||
| 1991 | Northern Colorado | 8–3 | 6–2 | 2nd | LNCAA 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 | LNCAA Division II First Round | ||||
| 1996 | Northern Colorado | 12–3 | 6–3 | T–2nd | WNCAA Division II Championship | ||||
| 1997 | Northern Colorado | 13–2 | 8–1 | 1st | WNCAA Division II Championship | ||||
| 1998 | Northern Colorado | 11–2 | 8–1 | T–1st | LNCAA Division II Quarterfinal | ||||
| 1999 | Northern Colorado | 11–2 | 8–1 | T–1st | LNCAA Division II Quarterfinal | ||||
| Northern Colorado: | 98–35 | 70–28 | |||||||
| Montana Grizzlies(Big Sky Conference)(2000–2002) | |||||||||
| 2000 | Montana | 13–2 | 8–0 | 1st | LNCAA Division I-AA Championship | ||||
| 2001 | Montana | 15–1 | 7–0 | 1st | WNCAA Division I-AA Championship | ||||
| 2002 | Montana | 11–2 | 5–2 | T–1st | LNCAA 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 | WLas 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 | |||||||||