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Glenn Wilkes (born November 28, 1928) is a former collegiate basketball coach who was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.[1] He attended Mercer College.[2] He is known as the Godfather of Florida basketball.[3] He had over 550 wins along with 27 winning seasons.[4] He coached from 1957 to 1993.[1] He was the coach of the Stetson Hatters and helped in their transition from the NAIA to NCAA Division I.[5] He wrote a book called Basketball.[6] His son, Glenn Wilkes Jr. is a basketball coach at Rollins College.[7] His grandson Wyatt played college basketball at Florida State.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b Sentinel, Orlando. "Longtime Stetson coach Glenn Wilkes takes well-deserved victory tour to Hall of Fame".
  2. ^ "Glenn Wilkes Coaching Record - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". Archived from the original on 2016-10-03.
  3. ^ "The Real "Godfather": Legendary coach Glenn Wilkes talks Stetson, Michael Jordan and Gambling and Lebron James". 20 February 2013.
  4. ^ "A-Sun Hall of Fame Spotlight: Stetson's Glenn Wilkes Sr. – ASUN Conference".
  5. ^ "College Basketball Hall to Receive Wilkes Sunday - The Official Athletics Web site of Stetson University".
  6. ^ Glenn., Wilkes (1998). Basketball (7th ed.). Boston, Mass.: WCB/McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0697345378. OCLC 36581974.
  7. ^ "Glenn Wilkes Jr".
  8. ^ Willis, Ken. "Stetson basketball legend Glenn Wilkes refuses to act his age". Daytona Beach News-Journal Online. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
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