Glen Rose

Glen Rose (1905-1994)

Teams coached: Arkansas Razorbacks, Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks
Arkansas record: 325-201 (.618)
Stephen F. Austin record^: 56-35 (.615)
Overall record^: 381-236 (.618)

Career Accomplishments:

  • NCAA National Championships:  0
  • NCAA Tournament Appearances:  2  (1941, 1958)
  • NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen:  1  (1958)
  • NCAA Tournament Final Four:  1  (1941)
  • NIT Championships:  0
  • NIT Appearances:  0
  • Southwest Regular Season Champion:  6  (1935, 1936, 1938, 1941, 1942, 1958)
  • Lone Star (Div II) Regular Season Champion:  1  (1949)

Awards:

Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):

1952-1966 Arkansas
1948-1952 Stephen F. Austin
1933-1942 Arkansas
1929-1932 Arkansas (asst)

Glen Rose Facts

  • Glen Rose
  • Born April 23, 1905
  • Died September 3, 1994
  • Alma Mater: University of Arkansas (BA, 1928)
  • Played at Arkansas for head coach Francis Schmidt, earning All-Southwest honors from 1926 to 1928 and All-American honors in 1928
    • Also lettered in football for three seasons and baseball for two
  • Started coaching after graduation, spending three seasons as an assistant to head coach Charles Bassett with the Razorbacks’ basketball team
  • Spent nine years as the head basketball coach at Arkansas, his first stint in this position, winning five Southwest titles and going to the 1941 NCAA Final Four 
  • In 1942, during World War II, Rose coached the Camp Grant (Army base in Rockford, IL) football team to a 4-5 record
  • Was the head football coach at Arkansas for two seasons (1944, 1945), going 8-12-1 overall
  • Returned to basketball in 1948, coaching the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks of the Lone Star Conference
    • Went 56-35 overall and won the Lone Star title in 1949
  • Came back to his alma mater Arkansas in 1952, starting a second stint as head basketball coach that would last 14 more seasons (23 total at the school)
    • Reached the Sweet 16 in 1958, but failed to replicate the success of his first tenure as head coach
    • Won 325 games in total at Arkansas, going to two NCAA Tournaments and winning six conference titles

Glen Rose Coaching Tree

 

^ Stephen F. Austin was a member of what is now known as Division II during Rose’s tenure, so overall record includes seasons at both Division I and Division II levels