Joe Glenn (American football)

Joe Glenn
Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	March 7, 1949 (1949-03-07)
Place of birth	Lincoln, Nebraska
Playing career
1968-1971	South Dakota
Position(s)	Quarterback, wide receiver
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1976-1979 1989-1999 2000-2002 2003-2008 2011-Present	Doane Northern Colorado Montana Wyoming South Dakota
Head coaching record
Overall	188-100-1
Statistics
College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1996, 1997 NCAA Division II national football championship 2001 NCAA Division I-AA national football championship

Joe Glenn (born March 7, 1949) is the current and 29th head football coach at the University of South Dakota, his alma mater Joe was named head coach on December 5, 2011 after the school's Athletic Director, David Sayler, fired Ed Meierkort.

Early coaching career

Joe 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 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 had a strong, promising start which it later was unable to maintain, to the disappointment of fans. 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. 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 heartbreaking 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 eligible. New Athletics Director Tom Burman made no effort in getting the Cowboys to a Bowl game, and the team did not receive an 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.

The 2008 season began with the unspoken mandate to get Wyoming bowl-eligible. 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 (Arizona) Community College to compete for the starting quarterback job, which he won over Junior Karsten Sween.

The Cowboys opened the 2008 season with a win over Mid-American Conference member Ohio University (21-20), a loss to Air Force (23-3) and a win over FCS Division North Dakota State (16-13). Wyoming followed up that victory with five straight losses to Brigham Young University (44-0), Bowling Green State University (45-16), University of New Mexico (24-0), University of Utah (40-7), and TCU (54-7). On November 1, the Pokes beat hapless San Diego State 35-10 at home and then followed with a historic win over University of 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 University 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.

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.

South Dakota Coaching career

Glenn was named USD's 29th head football coach on December 5, 2011. Glenn's first season will take place at the beginning of the 2012 season as the Coyotes start their first season as a full fledged member in Division I-FCS football, competing in the Missouri Valley Football Conference.

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 All-American offensive lineman at Carroll College in Helena, 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 for Wyoming under his father.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Doane Tigers (Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1976–1979)
1976	Doane	5–5	2–3
1977	Doane	5–5	3–2
1978	Doane	6–4	3–2
1979	Doane	5–4–1	1–3–1
Doane:		21–18–1	9–10–1
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 Quarterfinal
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
Total:		188–100–1
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