VERMILLION, S.D. - Wyoming head football coach Joe Glenn will be honored by The University of South Dakota during the men's and women's basketball doubleheader with Minnesota-Duluth on Saturday, Feb. 17 at the DakotaDome.

Glenn, a former Coyote football player and USD alumnus, was inducted into the Henry Heider Memorial Coyote Sports Hall of Fame last fall, but could not attend due to his coaching obligations with the Cowboys. During the halftime of the South Dakota men's game with UMD, Glenn will be recognized for his induction as a member of the Hall of Fame and receive a plaque from USD Athletics Director Joel Nielsen. Glenn will also speak to the Coyote football team during his visit to campus and also meet with friends and others at a social for him and his wife, Michelle, prior to the game at the Lyle A. and June Woodard Wagner Alumni Center.

"I am so honored and so proud to think that I get to join some of the greats at USD in the Hall of Fame," said Glenn. "I think it's obvious that I've surrounded myself with good people in the coaching profession. I have been fortunate to have had a wonderful career, coaching the game I love. "I feel I owe a lot to the University of South Dakota for teaching me discipline, spirit, hard work and many other qualities that you need to become a successful coach," said Glenn. "I will be forever thankful to the University of South Dakota for this honor."

Glenn is a rising talent in the Division I football coaching ranks. In 20 years of coaching, Glenn, who is in his fourth year at Wyoming, has won three national titles at two schools (Northern Colorado and Montana) and in 2004 directed the Cowboys to their first bowl victory in 38 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 during his time with the Golden Bears.

In 2000, Glenn moved to Montana from Northern Colorado, leading 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), Glenn led the team to a 7-5 record and a win over UCLA in the Las Vegas Bowl. Glenn, who led the Cowboys to a 6-6 season (bowl eligible) in 2006, has a career record of 179-85-1. 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."

Glenn's 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. He was a member of the Coyote squad, coached by Joe Salem that recorded a 9-1 record in 1968 (ranks as second-best winning percentage in school history). 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.