Glen Mason
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| Glen Mason | ||
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| College | None | |
| Sport | Football | |
| Born | April 9, 1951 | |
| Place of birth | Colonia, New Jersey | |
| Career highlights | ||
| Overall | 123-121-1 | |
| Coaching stats | ||
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| Championships | ||
| 0 | ||
| Awards | ||
| 1986 MAC Coach of the Year 1991, 1995 Big 8 Coach of the Year 1999 Big Ten Coach of the Year |
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| Playing career | ||
| 1970-72 | Ohio State | |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1986-87 1988-96 1997-2006 |
Kent State Kansas Minnesota |
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Glen O. Mason (born April 9, 1950 in Colonia, New Jersey) is a commentator for the Big Ten Network and former college football head coach.
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[edit] Playing career
Mason played college football at the Ohio State University where he graduated from in 1972 with a B.A. in education. He was a linebacker, on the depth chart behind Randy Gradishar, Stan White, Vic Koegel, Arnie Jones, and Rick Middleton.[citation needed] In 1971 Mason hosted recruit Bruce Elia. They stood on High Street, the main drag on campus, and Mason said, "On the left side, we go to school and we study and live. On the right side are the sororities and fraternities and more housing. Down the middle, we party!" Elia chose to attend Ohio State that day. Mason went on to get his Master's Degree in education at Ball St.
[edit] Coaching career
Mason served as an assistant coach at the University of Illinois, Ohio State, Ball State, Iowa State, and Allegheny College.
Mason was head coach for Kent State University between 1986-87 and the University of Kansas from 1988 to 1996. In 1995, as Kansas prepared for the Aloha Bowl against UCLA, Mason accepted the head coaching position at the University of Georgia. But Mason had a change of heart and stayed with the Jayhawks, but left for the University of Minnesota one season later. His first game with Minnesota in 1997 was against Hawaiʻi, at Aloha Stadium where the Aloha Bowl's successor, the Hawaiʻi Bowl is played. Minnesota lost the game 17-3.
In January of 2002, Mason was named the president of the American Football Coaches Association. He was the third Minnesota coach to be awarded this honor joining Bernie Bierman (1935) and Murray Warmath (1968). On December 31st, 2006, Minnesota fired Mason immediately following the Gophers' 44-41 overtime loss to Texas Tech in the 2006 Insight Bowl, a game in which the Gophers blew a 38-7 third-quarter lead. At the end of the 2006 season, he had a career record of 123-121-1.
[edit] Personal
He and his wife Kate have five children and live in the suburbs of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
[edit] Head coaching records
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl | Coaches# | AP° | ||
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| Kent State (Mid-American Conference) (1986 – 1987) | |||||||||
| 1986 | Kent State | 5-6 | 5-3 | 2nd (tie) | |||||
| 1987 | Kent State | 7-4 | 5-3 | 2nd (tie) | |||||
| Kent State: | 12-10 | 10-6 | |||||||
| Kansas (Big Eight Conference/Big 12 Conference) (1988 – 1996) | |||||||||
| 1988 | Kansas | 1-10 | 1-6 | 7th | |||||
| 1989 | Kansas | 4-7 | 2-5 | 6th | |||||
| 1990 | Kansas | 3-7-1 | 2-4-1 | 4th (tie) | |||||
| 1991 | Kansas | 6-5 | 3-4 | 5th | |||||
| 1992 | Kansas | 8-4 | 4-3 | 3rd (tie) | W 23-20 Aloha Bowl | 23 | 22 | ||
| 1993 | Kansas | 5-7 | 3-4 | 5th | |||||
| 1994 | Kansas | 6-5 | 3-4 | 5th | |||||
| 1995 | Kansas | 10-2 | 5-2 | 2nd (tie) | W 51-30 Aloha Bowl | 10 | 9 | ||
| 1996 | Kansas | 4-7 | 2-6 | 9th (tie) | |||||
| Kansas: | 47-54-1 | 25-37-1 | |||||||
| Minnesota (Big Ten Conference) (1997 – 2006) | |||||||||
| 1997 | Minnesota | 3-9 | 1-7 | 9th (tie) | |||||
| 1998 | Minnesota | 5-6 | 2-6 | 7th (tie) | |||||
| 1999 | Minnesota | 8-4 | 5-3 | 4th (tie) | L 20-24 Sun Bowl | 17 | 18 | ||
| 2000 | Minnesota | 6-6 | 4-4 | 5th (tie) | L 30-38 MicronPC.com Bowl | ||||
| 2001 | Minnesota | 4-7 | 2-6 | 10th (tie) | |||||
| 2002 | Minnesota | 8-5 | 3-5 | 7th | W 29-14 Music City Bowl | ||||
| 2003 | Minnesota | 10-3 | 5-3 | 4th (tie) | W 31-30 Sun Bowl | 17 | 20 | ||
| 2004 | Minnesota | 7-5 | 3-5 | 8th | W 20-16 Music City Bowl | ||||
| 2005 | Minnesota | 7-5 | 4-4 | 7th | L 31-34 Music City Bowl | ||||
| 2006 | Minnesota | 6-7 | 3-5 | 6th (tie) | L 41-44 OT Insight Bowl | ||||
| Minnesota: | 64-57 | 32-48 | |||||||
| Total: | 123-121-1 | ||||||||
| #Rankings from final Coaches Poll of the season. °Rankings from final AP Poll of the season. |
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[edit] References
| Preceded by Dick Scesniak |
Kent State University Head Football Coach 1986–1987 |
Succeeded by Dick Crum |
| Preceded by Bob Valesente |
University of Kansas Head Football Coach 1988–1996 |
Succeeded by Terry Allen |
| Preceded by Jim Wacker |
University of Minnesota Head Football Coach 1997–2006 |
Succeeded by Tim Brewster |
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