The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Marshall Glenn

Followed Trusty Tallman. Marshall Glenn held West Virginia at National Program III for 3 seasons.

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1937–1939 · 1 stint

Career arc

His real stature score, season by season, across every program he’s coached — so a stretch that stays in one tier the whole way can still climb or sink on the line, not just flatten out. Node color marks the tier reached. Which program a stretch belongs to is carried by the shaded lane behind it.

Reached National Program in his 1st career season — faster than 41% of the 675 FBS coaches who have ever reached National Program (rank #1 of 675 by seasons-to-arrival).

West Virginia, 3 seasons

−3.5

National Program III → Regional Program I.

The big-game ledger

How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.

0–3 against his rivals. Winless in 3 tries against Jack Hagerty.

Rivalry record

0–3

0.0% · 1 rival

One-score games

1–1–2

25.0% · margin ≤8

vs. Blue Blood or better

0–3

0.0%

Rivalry ledger

Pittsburgh0–30%

The toughest matchup

vs. Jack Hagerty0–2–1

3 meetings, 1937–1939

’37 T’38 L’39 L

0% win rate across a real, 3-meeting series — short of the bar this site uses before badging a series “Nemesis.” Shown here as the toughest matchup on record, not an algorithmic crown.

Performance by opponent class

Blue Blood

0–3 0.0%

National Program

1–1 50.0%

Regional Program

0–3 0.0%

Coaching career

1937–1939

West Virginiacaretaker

National Program III → National Program III

Marshall Glenn held West Virginia at National Program III for 3 seasons.

10th-best West Virginia tenure of 16 by the numbers.

Followed Trusty Tallman (1936–1936) · succeeded by Bill Kern (1940–1947).

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