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Glenn Box
American basketball player and coach
Glenn Box is an American basketball coach who is the women's basketball head coach at Miami University.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Miami (OH) |
| Conference | MAC |
| Record | 9–20 (.310) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | (1975-02-02) February 2, 1975 (age 49) |
| Alma mater | Southeast Missouri State University |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2002–2005 | Rend Lake College (men's asst.) |
| 2005–2008 | Rend Lake College |
| 2008–2010 | Western Michigan (asst.) |
| 2010–2012 | Saint Louis (asst.) |
| 2012–2014 | Akron (asst.) |
| 2014–2016 | Saint Louis (asst.) |
| 2016–2019 | Indiana (asst.) |
| 2019–2023 | Indiana (assoc. HC) |
| 2023–present | Miami (OH) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 73–51 (.589) |
Box began his collegiate coaching career in 2002 at Rend Lake College as an assistant for the men's basketball team for three seasons before taking over as head coach for Rend Lake's women's basketball program from 2005 to 2008. At Rend Lake he compiled a 64–31 overall record as a head coach.[1]
In 2008, Box began a career as an assistant coach in NCAA Division I women's basketball with his first stint in the MAC where he was an assistant coach at Western Michigan for two seasons.[2] In 2010 he started his first stint as an assistant at Saint Louis which lasted two seasons before he moved back to the MAC with Akron for two seasons under Jodi Kest.[3] In 2014 he returned to Saint Louis, now under Lisa Stone, where in his second of two seasons he helped the Billikens to 26 wins and a share of the Atlantic 10 championship.[4]
In 2016, Box took a position as an assistant at Indiana under head coach Teri Moren. In 2018 the Hoosiers won the WNIT championship.[5] He helped take to the Hoosiers to NCAA tournaments in 2019, 2021 and 2022 before a Big Ten championship and an NCAA tournament top seed in 2023.[6]
Miami (Ohio)
On May 8, 2023, Box returned to the MAC, this time as a head coach, when he was announced as the tenth head coach for Miami RedHawks women's basketball[3]
Box is from Cairo, Illinois, where he coached locally before moving to the collegiate ranks. He has an associate degree in elementary education from Rend Lake College and a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Southeast Missouri State University.[4]
Box and his wife Leah have four children named Darius, William, Auna and Bella.[1]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rend Lake Lady Warriors () (2005–2008) | |||||||||
| 2005–06 | Rend Lake | 19–12 | |||||||
| 2006–07 | Rend Lake | 24–8 | |||||||
| 2007–08 | Rend Lake | 21–11 | |||||||
| Rend Lake: | 64–31 (.674) | ||||||||
| Miami (Mid-American Conference) (2023–present) | |||||||||
| 2023–24[7] | Miami | 9–20 | 6–12 | T–9th | |||||
| Miami: | 9–20 (.310) | 6–12 (.333) | |||||||
| Total: | 73–51 (.589) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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- "Box Named Women's Basketball Head Coach". Miami University Athletics. May 8, 2023. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
- "RedHawks Welcome Glenn Box as New Women's Basketball Head Coach". Mid-American Conference. May 8, 2023. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
- Jordan, Haley (May 8, 2023). "Indiana Women's Basketball Associate Head Coach Glenn Box Named Head Coach at Miami (OH)". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
- "Glenn Box". Indiana University Athletics. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
- Busse, Alec (May 8, 2023). "Indiana WBB staffer Glenn Box leaving for head coaching position". Rivals. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
- Hartman, Marcus (May 8, 2023). "Miami University names new women's basketball coach". Hamilton Journal-News. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
- "2023-24 Women's Basketball Schedule". Miami University Athletics. Retrieved 2023-05-08.