Joe Glenn (American football)

College coach infobox
Name = Joe Glenn


DateOfBirth = Birth date and age|1949|3|7|mf=y
Birthplace = flagicon|Nebraska Lincoln, NE
DateOfDeath =
Sport = Football
College = Wyoming
Title = Head Coach
CurrentRecord = 26–33
OverallRecord = 184-92-1
Awards =
Championships = 1996, 1997 NCAA Division II national football championship
2001 NCAA Division I-AA national football championship
CFbDWID = 2835
Player = Y
Years = 1968-71
Team = South Dakota
Position = QB & WR
Coach = Y
CoachYears = 1976-1979
1989-99
2000-02
2003-"present"
CoachTeams = Doane
Northern Colorado
Montana
Wyoming
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Joe Glenn (born 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 2002 after Wyoming fired the previous coach, Vic Koenning.

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.

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.

Wyoming coaching career

The Joe Glenn era at the University of Wyoming has been promising, yet full of disappointment. Over a three-year period, Glenn and his staff took a team that won only five games in the three previous seasons to a Pioneer PureVision Las Vegas Bowl win in two seasons. In 2005, the Cowboys only needed to win 1 of their final 4 games to become bowl eligible, but they suffered losses in all 4 games. 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 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 conference. After an opening day victory over Utah State, the Cowboys suffered four embarrassing losses, two of them in overtime. Then the Cowboys fortunes began to shift. The team enjoyed a four game winning streak, all of those games against conference 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 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 eligabe, although they did not end up with a bowl invitation.

The 2007 season started off on a good foot with a 23-3 victory over Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) member Virginia on opening day. 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.

Head coaching record

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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 was inducted 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; he is currently Director of Football Operations for Wyoming.