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.

Marshall Glenn
Glenn pictured in The Monticola 1939, West Virginia yearbook
Biographical details
Born(1908-04-22)April 22, 1908
Elkins, West Virginia, U.S.
DiedOctober 11, 1983(1983-10-11) (aged 75)
Hagerstown, Maryland, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1927–1929West Virginia
Basketball
1927–1930West Virginia
Position(s)Quarterback (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1937–1939West Virginia
Basketball
1933–1938West Virginia
Head coaching record
Overall14–12–3 (football)
61–46 (basketball)
Bowls1–0

Head coaching record

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Football

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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

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Statistics overview
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

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