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
- Pat Foster (Nevada, Houston, Lamar)
- Eugene Lambert (Alabama, Memphis State, Arkansas)
^ 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