Bill Glassford
American football head coach
1914 –
Who is Bill Glassford?
James William "Bill" Glassford is a former American football player and coach. He attended the University of Pittsburgh where he played football earning first-team All-American status at guard. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity and graduated in 1936.
From 1946 to 1948, Glassford coached at the University of New Hampshire, where he compiled a 19–5–1 record. This includes an 8–1 record in 1947. From 1949 to 1955, he coached at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, where he compiled a 31–35–3 record. In 1949 his team went 4–5, 6–2–1 in 1950, 2–8 in 1951, 5–4–1 in 1952, 3–6–1 in 1953, 6–5 in 1954, and 5–5 in 1955. His three winning seasons were the only winning seasons the school had between 1941 and 1961. He also coached three All-Americans in Tom Novak, Bobby Reynolds, and Jerry Minnick. He led the school to its first ever Orange Bowl in 1955, where they lost to Duke, 34–7. He retired after the 1955 season and went into private business in Arizona. He was inducted into the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame in 2002.
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