Ralph Glaze

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Ralph Glaze was the head coach of the USC Trojans football team for the 1914 and 1915 seasons. He compiled a 7-7-0 record while coaching at USC. Glaze was also the coach of the Trojans baseball team for the 1915 season. Glaze was a graduate of Dartmouth College.

Before Glaze, USC had not played football for the previous three seasons: like many universities at the time, the school had switched to rugby and did not field football teams during the 1911-13 seasons. The highlight of Glaze's brief tenure was the inauguration of the long standing series with California (Cal). At the time, Cal was considered a dominant team of West Coast football and Glaze managed to lead USC to a split of their first two games, both in the 1915 season. In addition, Glaze also coached USC in its first games against two other future Pac-10 rivals, Oregon State (1914) and Oregon (1915).

Glaze was succeeded in 1916 by Dean Cromwell, who was coincidently USC's football coach before the switch to rugby.

Preceded by Dean Cromwell

University of Southern California Head Football Coach 1914-1915

Succeeded by Dean Cromwell

Preceded by George Wheeler (law school)

University of Southern California Head Baseball Coach 1915

Succeeded by Charles "Pat" Millikan

USC Trojans Head Football Coaches
Goddard • Suffel • Freeman • Tappaan • Walker • Holmes • Traeger • Cromwell • Glaze • Cromwell • Henderson • Jones • Barry • Cravath • Hill • Clark • McKay • Robinson • Tollner • Smith • Robinson • Hackett • Carroll

Drake Bulldogs Head Basketball Coaches
Pell • Griffith • Hackett • Whisman • Glaze • Hobbs • Banks • Solem • Boelter • Williams • Easton • Green • Anderson • McClelland • Benington • John • Stacey • Ortegel • Garner • Abatemarco • Fields • Washington • Kanaskie • Davis