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Glenn Presnell
Glenn Presnell went 45–61–4 as a head coach, 1936–1963, at Lawrence Tech, Nebraska and Eastern Kentucky. Share
11 seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1936 at Lawrence Tech; 1954–63 at Eastern Kentucky. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 45–61–4 career
- Seasons
- 12
- Schools
- 3
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1942 3–7
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 | Lawrence Tech * | 0–5–1 | ||||
| 1937–41: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1942 | Nebraska | 3–7 | 3rd | |||
| 1943–53: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1954 | Eastern Kentucky * | 8–1–1 | 1st | Tangerine L | ||
| 1955 | Eastern Kentucky * | 5–4–1 | 3rd | |||
| 1956 | Eastern Kentucky * | 4–5 | T–3rd | |||
| 1957 | Eastern Kentucky * | 4–5 | 3rd | |||
| 1958 | Eastern Kentucky * | 3–6 | 4th | |||
| 1959 | Eastern Kentucky * | 3–6 | 5th | |||
| 1960 | Eastern Kentucky * | 3–6–1 | T–6th | |||
| 1961 | Eastern Kentucky * | 4–5 | 4th | |||
| 1962 | Eastern Kentucky * | 6–3 | T–1st | |||
| 1963 | Eastern Kentucky * | 2–8 | 7th | |||
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table. * A season our game records don’t credit to him; its record is the article’s.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 7 | 3–4 | 43% |
| Conference games | 5 | 3–2 | 60% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 3 | 2–1 | 67% |
| At home | 5 | 1–4 | 20% |
| On the road | 5 | 2–3 | 40% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 4 | 2–2 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 6 | 1–5 | 17% |
His own 10 games on file, 1942, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Iowa Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Oklahomaseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Kansasseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Indianaseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Minnesotaseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Missouriseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Pittsburghseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Iowaseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 | Lawrence Tech | Head coach | |
| 1937 | Kansas | Backfield coach | |
| 1938–41 | Nebraska | Backfield coach | |
| 1942 | Nebraska | Head coach | |
| 1944 | North Carolina Pre-Flight service team | Backfield coach | |
| 1946 | Nebraska | Assistant coach | |
| 1947–53 | Eastern Kentucky | Assistant coach | |
| 1954–63 | Eastern Kentucky | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Adrian LindseyKansas
- Biff JonesNebraska
- Bernie MastersonNebraska
Assistants who became head coaches
- Adolph LewandowskiNebraska
Worked under (3)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adrian Lindsey | Kansas | 1937 | Backfield coach | |
| Biff Jones | Nebraska | 1938–41 | Backfield coach | |
| Bernie Masterson | Nebraska | 1946 | Assistant coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adolph Lewandowski | Nebraska, 1942: assistant coach | Nebraska |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.