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ASSISTANT COACH RYAN GLENNEY
Ryan Glenney is in his eighth season as an Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator for the DBU Men’s Basketball team. During his seven seasons with the Patriots, DBU has advanced to the NCAA Tournament five times, won a pair of Heartland Conference regular-season titles, and clinched the Heartland Conference Tournament Championship in 2018. The Patriots have also compiled an
impressive 145-69 record over that seven-year span.
In 2019, Glenney was named the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Small College Assistant Coach of the Year. As one of the top developers of talent, Glenney has recruited and developed 24 All-Conference performers, including one All-American, as well as three players who were named the conference’s Freshman of the Year, a pair of Lone Star Conference Defensive Players of the Year, and one LSC Sixth Man of the Year.
Glenney brings over 15 years of coaching experience at the college level, recruiting, advising, and leading college basketball players at the NCAA and NJCAA Division I levels to DBU. Prior to DBU, Glenney was the top assistant coach at North Platte Community College in North Platte, Nebraska, and also had coaching stints at Jacksonville College and Western Texas College.
While at North Platte, Glenney worked for Coach Kevin O’Connor, who has a tremendous history of excellence and success. He was involved with player development, scouting, academic supervision, and camps there.
Before his stint with North Platte, Ryan served at Jacksonville College (NJCAA) in Jacksonville, Texas, where he worked under Coach Jody Bailey. Prior to Jacksonville, Glenney was the recruiting coordinator at Western Texas College for Coach Larren Silver.
Glenney has been in charge of recruiting players, leading individual workouts, scouting opponents, and academic supervision at each stop. He has signed or coached players from all over the United States and internationally.
Glenney began his coaching career at Iowa State University, serving as a student assistant under current Creighton University Coach Greg McDermott. After graduating from Iowa State, he joined the Dallas Baptist University staff as a Graduate
Assistant Coach. During his previous tenure at DBU, Glenney assisted with recruiting, academic supervision, and was a part of the 2011 NCCAA National Championship team.
Glenney serves as the recruiting coordinator at Dallas Baptist University and has many other duties, including scheduling, assisting with academic monitoring, on-the-floor coaching responsibilities, and scouting.
Glenney has a B.A. in Community Sport and Recreation from Iowa State University (2009) and a M.A. in Kinesiology from Dallas Baptist University (2011). Ryan and his wife Amanda, herself a DBU grad, have been married for 11 years and they have a daughter named Harper and a son named Isaiah.
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