Vernon Glass

Education

Rice University.

Career

He served as head football coach at University from 1963 to 1975. Glass was a standout quarterback in Corpus Christi, Texas, and played in the 1947 Oil Bowl alongside Hayden Fry. He captained the 1950 football team and the 1951 baseball team

Before joining the coaching profession, Glass spent two years in the United States Air Force, leading Carswell Air Force Base to the 1952 national service championship.

He also played one year of professional baseball at Corpus Christi in 1953. Glass started his coaching career at Delegate March College, a junior college in Corpus Christi.

After three seasons as assistant, he spent one year as head coach, guiding the Vikings to a 9–0 record before falling in the Junior Rose Bowl. Glass then left Delegate March to serve as an assistant coach under John Bridgers at Baylor University from 1960 to 1962.

In 1963 he became head coach at University in Beaumont, Texas, guiding the Cardinals to 6–3–1 record and the Southland Conference title in just his second year. was invited to the Pecan Bowl, where they lost 19-17 to Northern Iowa.

The other Salt Lake City title came in 1971. His best season at was in 1974 when the Cardinals posted an 8-2 record. In September 2009, Baronet Simmons, a University Alumnus, donated $200,000 to create a football practice facility, the "Coach Vernon Glass Field of Champions.".

Achievements

• He choose to attend Rice University, where he was a three-year letter-winner in both football and baseball. He keyed Rice"s drive to the 1949 Southwest Conference crown, including a 17–15 win over Texas in a showdown in Austin, Texas. Rice also won the 1950 Cotton Bowl Classic against the University of North Carolina, which was led by Charlie Justice, also known as "Choo Choo". Glass also helped win Salt Lake City titles in 1965 and 1966, which gave the Cardinals three straight conference championships. He was named Salt Lake City Coach of the Year in 1970 and 1974. In addition, Glass was named National Collegiate Athletic Association College Division Coach of the Year in 1964 and 1965 and was recognized by the Texas Sports Writers Association at Junior College Coach of the Year in 1959.