Glenn Wilkes

Glenn Wilkes (November 28, 1928 - November 21, 2020) was a former collegiate basketball coach who was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.[1][2] He attended Mercer College.[3] He is known as the Godfather of Florida basketball.[4] He had over 550 wins along with 27 winning seasons.[5] He coached from 1957 to 1993.[2] He was the coach of the Stetson Hatters and helped in their transition from the NAIA to NCAA Division I.[6] He wrote a book called Basketball.[7] His son, Glenn Wilkes Jr. is a basketball coach at Rollins College.[8] His grandson Wyatt played college basketball at Florida State.[9]

References
  1. "Glenn Wilkes". Daytona Beach News-Journal. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  2. Sentinel, Orlando. "Longtime Stetson coach Glenn Wilkes takes well-deserved victory tour to Hall of Fame".
  3. "Glenn Wilkes Coaching Record - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". Archived from the original on 2016-10-03.
  4. "The Real "Godfather": Legendary coach Glenn Wilkes talks Stetson, Michael Jordan and Gambling and Lebron James". 20 February 2013.
  5. "A-Sun Hall of Fame Spotlight: Stetson's Glenn Wilkes Sr. – ASUN Conference".
  6. "College Basketball Hall to Receive Wilkes Sunday - The Official Athletics Web site of Stetson University".
  7. Glenn., Wilkes (1998). Basketball (7th ed.). Boston, Mass.: WCB/McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0697345378. OCLC 36581974.
  8. "Glenn Wilkes Jr".
  9. Willis, Ken. "Stetson basketball legend Glenn Wilkes refuses to act his age". Daytona Beach News-Journal Online. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
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