Glenn Box
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamMiami (OH)
ConferenceMAC
Record0–0 (–)
Biographical details
Born (1975-02-02) February 2, 1975
Alma materSoutheast Missouri State University
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2002–2005Rend Lake College (men's asst.)
2005–2008Rend Lake College
2008–2010Western Michigan (asst.)
2010–2012Saint Louis (asst.)
2012–2014Akron (asst.)
2014–2016Saint Louis (asst.)
2016–2019Indiana (asst.)
2019–2023Indiana (assoc. HC)
2023–presentMiami (OH)
Head coaching record
Overall64–31 (.674)

Glenn Box is an American basketball coach who is the women's basketball head coach at Miami University.

Coaching career

Box began his collegiate coaching career in 2002 at Rend Lake College as an assistant for the men's basketball team for three seasons before taking over as head coach for Rend Lake's women's basketball program from 2005 to 2008. At Rend Lake he compiled a 64–31 overall record as a head coach.[1]

In 2008, Box began a career as an assistant coach in NCAA Division I women's basketball with his first stint in the MAC where he was an assistant coach at Western Michigan for two seasons.[2] In 2010 he started his first stint as an assistant at Saint Louis which lasted two seasons before he moved back to the MAC with Akron for two seasons under Jodi Kest.[3] In 2014 he returned to Saint Louis, now under Lisa Stone, where in his second of two seasons he helped the Billikens to 26 wins and a share of the Atlantic 10 championship.[4]

In 2016, Box took a position as an assistant at Indiana under head coach Teri Moren. In 2018 the Hoosiers won the WNIT championship.[5] He helped take to the Hoosiers to NCAA tournaments in 2019, 2021 and 2022 before a Big Ten championship and an NCAA tournament top seed in 2023.[6]

Miami (Ohio)

On May 8, 2023, Box returned to the MAC, this time as a head coach, when he was announced as the tenth head coach for Miami RedHawks women's basketball[3]

Personal life

Box is from Cairo, Illinois, where he coached locally before moving to the collegiate ranks. He has an associate degree in elementary education from Rend Lake College and a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Southeast Missouri State University.[4]

Box and his wife Leah have four children named Darius, William, Auna and Bella.[1]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Rend Lake Lady Warriors () (2005–2008)
2005–06 Rend Lake 19–12
2006–07 Rend Lake 24–8
2007–08 Rend Lake 21–11
Rend Lake: 64–31 (.674)
Miami (Mid-American Conference) (2023–present)
2023–24[7] Miami ––
Miami: 0–0 (–)0–0 (–)
Total:64–31 (.674)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

  1. 1 2 "Box Named Women's Basketball Head Coach". Miami University Athletics. May 8, 2023. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
  2. ↑ "RedHawks Welcome Glenn Box as New Women's Basketball Head Coach". Mid-American Conference. May 8, 2023. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
  3. 1 2 Jordan, Haley (May 8, 2023). "Indiana Women's Basketball Associate Head Coach Glenn Box Named Head Coach at Miami (OH)". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Glenn Box". Indiana University Athletics. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
  5. ↑ Busse, Alec (May 8, 2023). "Indiana WBB staffer Glenn Box leaving for head coaching position". Rivals. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
  6. ↑ Hartman, Marcus (May 8, 2023). "Miami University names new women's basketball coach". Hamilton Journal-News. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
  7. ↑ "2023-24 Women's Basketball Schedule". Miami University Athletics. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
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