Glen Mason

College coach infobox
Name = Glen Mason

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Caption = Glen Mason
DateOfBirth = Birth date and age|1951|4|9|mf=y
Birthplace = Colonia, New Jersey
DateOfDeath =
Sport = Football
College = None
OverallRecord = 123-121-1
Awards = 1986 MAC Coach of the Year
1991, 1995 Big 8 Coach of the Year
1999 Big Ten Coach of the Year
Championships = 0
CFbDWID = 1464
Player = Y
Years = 1970-72
Team = Ohio State
Position =
Coach = Y
CoachYears = 1986-87
1988-96
1997-2006
CoachTeams = Kent State
Kansas
Minnesota
FootballHOF =

Glen O. Mason (born April 9, 1950 in Colonia, New Jersey) is a commentator for the Big Ten Network and former college football head coach.

Playing career

Mason played college football at the Ohio State University where he graduated from in 1972 with a B.A. in education. He was a linebacker, on the depth chart behind Randy Gradishar, Stan White, Vic Koegel, Arnie Jones, and Rick Middleton.Fact|date=August 2007 In 1971 Mason hosted recruit Bruce Elia. They stood on High Street, the main drag on campus, and Mason said, "On the left side, we go to school and we study and live. On the right side are the sororities and fraternities and more housing. Down the middle, we party!" Elia chose to attend Ohio State that day. Mason went on to get his Master's Degree in education at Ball St.

Coaching career

Mason served as an assistant coach at the University of Illinois, Ohio State, Ball State, Iowa State, and Allegheny College.

Mason was head coach for Kent State University in 1986 and 1987 and the University of Kansas from 1988 to 1996. In 1995, as Kansas prepared for the Aloha Bowl against UCLA, Mason accepted the head coaching position at the University of Georgia. But Mason had a change of heart and stayed with the Jayhawks, but left for the University of Minnesota one season later. His first game with Minnesota in 1997 was against Hawaiokinai, at Aloha Stadium where the Aloha Bowl's successor, the Hawaiokinai Bowl is played. Minnesota lost the game 17-3.

In January 2002, Mason was named the president of the American Football Coaches Association. He was the third Minnesota coach to be awarded this honor joining Bernie Bierman (1935) and Murray Warmath (1968). On December 31, 2006, Minnesota fired Mason immediately following the Gophers' 44-41 overtime loss to Texas Tech in the 2006 Insight Bowl, a game in which the Gophers blew a 38-7 third-quarter lead. At the end of the 2006 season, he had a career record of 123-121-1.

Personal

He and his wife Kate have five children and live in the suburbs of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Head coaching records

CFB Yearly Record Start
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name=Kent State
conf=Mid-American Conference
startyear = 1986
endyear = 1987CFB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
year = 1986
name = Kent State
overall = 5-6
conference = 5-3
confstanding = 2nd (tie)
bowlname =
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ranking =
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championship =
year = 1987
name = Kent State
overall = 7-4
conference = 5-3
confstanding = 2nd (tie)
bowlname =
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bcsbowl =
ranking =
ranking2 = CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
name = Kent State
overall = 12-10
confrecord = 10-6CFB Yearly Record Subhead
name = Kansas
conf = Big Eight Conference/Big 12 Conference
startyear = 1988
endyear = 1996CFB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
year = 1988
name = Kansas
overall = 1-10
conference = 1-6
confstanding = 7th
bowlname =
bowloutcome =
bcsbowl =
ranking =
ranking2 = CFB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
year = 1989
name = Kansas
overall = 4-7
conference = 2-5
confstanding = 6th
bowlname =
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bcsbowl =
ranking =
ranking2 = CFB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
year = 1990
name = Kansas
overall = 3-7-1
conference = 2-4-1
confstanding = 4th (tie)
bowlname =
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ranking =
ranking2 = CFB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
year = 1991
name = Kansas
overall = 6-5
conference = 3-4
confstanding = 5th
bowlname =
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bcsbowl =
ranking =
ranking2 = CFB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
year = 1992
name = Kansas
overall = 8-4
conference = 4-3
confstanding = 3rd (tie)
bowlname = Aloha Bowl
bowloutcome = W 23-20
bcsbowl =
ranking = 23
ranking2 = 22CFB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
year = 1993
name = Kansas
overall = 5-7
conference = 3-4
confstanding = 5th
bowlname =
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ranking =
ranking2 = CFB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
year = 1994
name = Kansas
overall = 6-5
conference = 3-4
confstanding = 5th
bowlname =
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bcsbowl =
ranking =
ranking2 = CFB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
year = 1995
name = Kansas
overall = 10-2
conference = 5-2
confstanding = 2nd (tie)
bowlname = Aloha Bowl
bowloutcome = W 51-30
bcsbowl =
ranking = 10
ranking2 = 9CFB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
year = 1996
name = Kansas
overall = 4-7
conference = 2-6
confstanding = 9th (tie)
bowlname =
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ranking =
ranking2 = CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
name = Kansas
overall = 47-54-1
confrecord = 25-37-1CFB Yearly Record Subhead
name = Minnesota
conf = Big Ten Conference
startyear = 1997
endyear = 2006CFB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
year = 1997
name = Minnesota
overall = 3-9
conference = 1-7
confstanding = 9th (tie)
bowlname =
bowloutcome =
bcsbowl =
ranking =
ranking2 = CFB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
year = 1998
name = Minnesota
overall = 5-6
conference = 2-6
confstanding = 7th (tie)
bowlname =
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bcsbowl =
ranking =
ranking2 = CFB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
year = 1999
name = Minnesota
overall = 8-4
conference = 5-3
confstanding = 4th (tie)
bowlname = Sun Bowl
bowloutcome = L 20-24
bcsbowl =
ranking = 17
ranking2 = 18CFB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
year = 2000
name = Minnesota
overall = 6-6
conference = 4-4
confstanding = 5th (tie)
bowlname = MicronPC.com Bowl
bowloutcome = L 30-38
bcsbowl =
ranking =
ranking2 = CFB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
year = 2001
name = Minnesota
overall = 4-7
conference = 2-6
confstanding = 10th (tie)
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ranking =
ranking2 = CFB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
year = 2002
name = Minnesota
overall = 8-5
conference = 3-5
confstanding = 7th
bowlname = Music City Bowl
bowloutcome = W 29-14
bcsbowl =
ranking =
ranking2 = CFB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
year = 2003
name = Minnesota
overall = 10-3
conference = 5-3
confstanding = 4th (tie)
bowlname = Sun Bowl
bowloutcome = W 31-30
bcsbowl =
ranking = 17
ranking2 = 20CFB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
year = 2004
name = Minnesota
overall = 7-5
conference = 3-5
confstanding = 8th
bowlname = Music City Bowl
bowloutcome = W 20-16
bcsbowl =
ranking =
ranking2 = CFB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
year = 2005
name = Minnesota
overall = 7-5
conference = 4-4
confstanding = 7th
bowlname = Music City Bowl
bowloutcome = L 31-34
bcsbowl =
ranking =
ranking2 = CFB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
year = 2006
name = Minnesota
overall = 6-7
conference = 3-5
confstanding = 6th (tie)
bowlname = Insight Bowl
bowloutcome = L 41-44 OT
bcsbowl =
ranking =
ranking2 = CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
name = Minnesota
overall = 64-57
confrecord = 32-48CFB Yearly Record End
overall = 123-121-1
bcs = no
poll=two
polltype=
polltype2=

ee also

*List of presidents of the American Football Coaches Association

References

* [http://www.gophersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=38607&SPID=3280&DB_OEM_ID=8400&ATCLID=263402&Q_SEASON=2006 Biography at gophersports.com]