Marshall Glenn Explained

Marshall Glenn
Birth Date:22 April 1908
Birth Place:Elkins, West Virginia, U.S.
Death Place:Hagerstown, Maryland, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1927–1929
Player Team2:West Virginia
Player Sport3:Basketball
Player Years4:1927–1930
Player Team4:West Virginia
Player Positions:Quarterback (football)
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1937–1939
Coach Team2:West Virginia
Coach Sport3:Basketball
Coach Years4:1933–1938
Coach Team4:West Virginia
Overall Record:14–12–3 (football)
61–46 (basketball)
Bowl Record:1–0

Marshall "Little Sleepy" Glenn (April 22, 1908 – October 11, 1983) was a player and coach of American football and basketball and a physician. He served as the head football coach at West Virginia University from 1937 to 1939, compiling a record of 14–12–3, and the school's head basketball coach from 1933 to 1938, tallying a mark of 61–46. Glenn was born on April 22, 1908, in Elkins, West Virginia. He died on October 11, 1983, at Washington Country Hospital in Hagerstown, Maryland, from injuries sustained in a car accident on U.S. Route 340.[1] While attending West Virginia University he was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon.

Head coaching record

Basketball

In the 1934–35 season, West Virginia finished the Eastern Intercollegiate Conference season with a record of 6–2, tied for first place with Pittsburgh.West Virginia subsequently lost to Pittsburgh in a conference championship playoff game, not included in West Virginia's regular-season conference won-lost record.

Notes and References

  1. News: Dr. Marshall Glenn Succumbs To Injuries In Highway Wreck . Spirit of Jefferson Farmer's Advocate . October 13, 1983 . November 8, 2011.