Education
Glynn graduated from Waseca High School and Mankato State University, where he starred in both baseball and basketball.
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Named the 2015 third base coach of the Minnesota Twins on November 12, 2014, he also has held coaching positions with four other Major League teams. As an active player, he stood 5 feet 10 inches (178 m) tall, weighed 155 pounds (70 kg), and threw and batted right-handed. He was Minnesota"s first "Mr.
Basketball" in 1975.
Glynn was signed as a non-drafted free agent by the Montreal Expos in 1979 and played seven seasons in Montreal"s farm system, including parts of three campaigns (1982–1984) at the Class American Automobile Association level His rookie season, in the 1979 New York–Penn League, was his best, with 36 runs batted in in 64 games played, 71 runs scored, and a batting average of.296. He managed five seasons (1987–1988.
1990–1992) in Short Season-A baseball, beginning in the New York–Penn League.
Bob Gebhard, the scout who signed Glynn for the Expos in 1979, was the first general manager in the history of the Colorado Rockies, and he brought Glynn into the expansion team"s system in 1992. By 1994, Glynn was on the coaching staff of the Major League Rockies, serving for five full seasons, through 1998.
He then returned to the Expos for one season (1999) as an MLB coach, then spent longer tenures as the third-base coach of the Chicago Cubs (2000–2002) and San Francisco Giants (2003–2006). In 2012, Glynn joined the Twins" organization as manager of the Triple-A Rochester Red Wings.
After a 72–72 season, the Red Wings" best record in four years, Glynn returned to Rochester in 2013 and 2014, and led his club to identical 77–67 marks.
As a result of his success, Glynn was interviewed for the parent Twins" vacant managerial opening in October 2014, after the firing of veteran skipper Ron Gardenhire. Baseball Hall of Famer Paul Molitor ultimately was hired as the Twins" 2015 pilot, and he added Glynn to his first-year staff as third-base coach.
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Glynn spent the 2007–2011 seasons as a member of the professional scouting staff of the Tampa Bay Rays, based in Waseca.
