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Marshall Glenn
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.
Glenn pictured in The Monticola 1939, West Virginia yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 22, 1908 Elkins, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | October 11, 1983 (aged 75) Hagerstown, Maryland, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1927–1929 | West Virginia |
| Basketball | |
| 1927–1930 | West Virginia |
| Position(s) | Quarterback (football) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1937–1939 | West Virginia |
| Basketball | |
| 1933–1938 | West Virginia |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 14–12–3 (football) 61–46 (basketball) |
| Bowls | 1–0 |
Head coaching record edit
Football edit
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia Mountaineers (Independent) (1937–1939) | |||||||||
| 1937 | West Virginia | 8–1–1 | W Sun | ||||||
| 1938 | West Virginia | 4–5–1 | |||||||
| 1939 | West Virginia | 2–6–1 | |||||||
| West Virginia: | 14–12–3 | ||||||||
| Total: | 14–12–3 | ||||||||
Basketball edit
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia Mountaineers (Eastern Intercollegiate Conference) (1933–1938) | |||||||||
| 1933–34 | West Virginia | 14–5 | 7–3 | 2nd | |||||
| 1934–35 | West Virginia | 16–6 | 6–2[Note A] | T-1st[Note A] | 0–1[Note A] | ||||
| 1935–36 | West Virginia | 16–8 | 6–4 | T-3rd | |||||
| 1936–37 | West Virginia | 9–14 | 3–7 | T-5th | |||||
| 1937–38 | West Virginia | 6–13 | 2–8 | 6th | |||||
| Total: | 61–46 (.570) | ||||||||
- ^A. 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.
References edit
- ^ "Dr. Marshall Glenn Succumbs To Injuries In Highway Wreck". Spirit of Jefferson Farmer's Advocate. October 13, 1983. Retrieved November 8, 2011.
External links edit
- Marshall Glenn at Find a Grave