Coyote Sports Hall of Fame
Former Coyote Joe Glenn is a rising talent in the Division I football coaching ranks. In 20 years of coaching, Glenn, now the head coach for the University of Wyoming Cowboys, has won three national titles at two schools (Northern Colorado and Montana) and directed Wyoming to its first bowl (2004) in 43 years. He won back to back NCAA Division II championships at Northern Colorado in 1996 and 1997, along with receiving two American Football Coaches Association Division II National Coach of the Year awards. In 2000, Glenn moved on to Montana where he led the Grizzlies to a pair of Division I-AA championship game appearances and the 2001 Division I-AA national title. In his second season at Wyoming (2004), he led the team to a 7-5 record and a win over UCLA in the Las Vegas Bowl. He has a career record of 173-79-1. A native of Lincoln, Neb., Glenn has been honored numerous times by his peers. In 2000, he was presented the Eddie Robinson Award by The Sports Network as the Division I AA national coach of the year. A 1971 graduate (B.A. degree, health, physical education and recreation) of USD, Glenn was also the AFCA Division II National Coach of the Year in 1996 and 1997. The Denver Post named Glenn one of Colorado’s “Greatest Coaches of the 1990s.” His first coaching job was as the backfield coach for the Coyotes, his alma mater, in 1974. He played quarterback and wide receiver for South Dakota from 1967-70 and served as a team captain as a senior. Following graduation, he earned a ROTC military commission and served two years in the U.S. Army. In 1975, he received a master’s degree in education from USD.
