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Glen Mason

American football player and coach (born 1950)

Summary

American football player and coach (born 1950)

Field	Value
name	Glen Mason
image	102207-GlenMason.jpg
birth_date
birth_place	Colonia, New Jersey, U.S.
player_years1	1970–1971
player_team1	Ohio State
player_positions	Linebacker
coach_years1	1972
coach_team1	Ball State (GA)
coach_years2	1973
coach_team2	Allegheny (DC)
coach_years3	1974
coach_team3	Ball State (DL)
coach_years4	1975–1976
coach_team4	Iowa State (OL/TE)
coach_years5	1977
coach_team5	Illinois (OL)
coach_years6	1978–1979
coach_team6	Ohio State (OL/LB)
coach_years7	1980–1985
coach_team7	Ohio State (OC)
coach_years8	1986–1987
coach_team8	Kent State
coach_years9	1988–1996
coach_team9	Kansas
coach_years10	1997–2006
coach_team10	Minnesota
overall_record	123–121–1
bowl_record	5–4
awards	MAC Coach of the Year (1986)
2× Big Eight Coach of the Year (1991, 1995)
Big Ten Coach of the Year (1999)

the American football player and coach

2× Big Eight Coach of the Year (1991, 1995) Big Ten Coach of the Year (1999) Glen Orin Mason (born April 9, 1950) is an American former college football player and coach. Mason served as the head football coach at Kent State University from 1986 to 1987, the University of Kansas from 1988 to 1996, and the University of Minnesota from 1997 to 2006, compiling a career head coaching record of 123–121–1.

Early life and playing career

Raised in Woodbridge Township, New Jersey, Mason attended Colonia High School.

Mason played college football at Ohio State University, graduating 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.

Coaching career

Mason served as an assistant coach at Ball State University, Allegheny College, Iowa State University, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Ohio State University. He served as the outside linebackers coach and the offensive line coach at Ohio State in 1978 and 1979. In 1980, he was promoted to offensive coordinator of the Buckeyes and remained in that position through the 1985 season.

Mason was head coach for Kent State University in 1986 and 1987 and the University of Kansas from 1988 to 1996. On December 18, 1995, as Kansas prepared for the Aloha Bowl against UCLA, Mason accepted the head coaching position at the University of Georgia. However, owing to a recent divorce and wanting to stay close to his children, Mason had a change of heart and stayed with the Jayhawks on December 25. He received a raise but left for the University of Minnesota one season later. His first game with Minnesota in 1997 was against Hawaii, at Aloha Stadium, Minnesota lost the game, 17–3.

In January 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 31, 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.

Following his tenure at Minnesota, Mason became a college football analyst and broadcaster for the Big Ten Network.

Personal

Mason has two children and lives in the suburbs of Minneapolis.

Head coaching record

References

Kerkhoff, Blair. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=KC&p_theme=kc&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF3F876CBA2588&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "Kickoff Classic Notebook"], ''[[Kansas City Star]]'', August 28, 1993. Accessed August 7, 2019. "Mason grew up in Woodbridge, NJ, and graduated from nearby Colonia High."
(December 19, 1995). "SPORTS PEOPLE: FOOTBALL;Mason Goes to Georgia". The New York Times.
"That time Glen Mason said no to Georgia football to stay at Kansas". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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