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RICH GLAS
Rich Glas, who is in his 17th year at UND and
27th as a collegiate head coach, would never be
so self-aggrandizing as to title any future autobiography
Born to Coach. Rather, he took an early
love of sports, came across an inspirational coach
during his formative years and combined the two
into a lifelong passion that has resulted in a
remarkable career with over 450 wins.
Head Coach • 17th Season
Bemidji State (1970)
Coach Profiles
Born in Bemidji, Minn., the youngest of John
and Elfrida’s three sons, Rich had an all-access
pass to every Bemidji State sport he could find.
Life is good like that when your dad is the vice
president of the university. Batboy, ballboy,
waterboy, if it had something to do with sports,
Glas wanted to be around it.
The desire to get into the coaching side of
athletics was first aroused when Glas was
growing up and watching brother Bob play
basketball at Bemidji High for legendary coach
“Bun” Fortier. In awe of Fortier, Glas started
dreaming of one day growing up to be just like
the coach. Glas would go on to play for the hardnosed
Fortier himself, then move up to play for
the hometown BSU Beavers.
After graduating from BSU in 1970, Glas
moved on to Western Illinois, where he put on the
whistle for the first time. After earning his
master’s degree in 1971, he was hired as Jack
Haddorff’s assistant at Minnesota-Morris.
For three seasons he faithfully performed
behind the scenes, filling the role of hardworking
assistant. When Haddorff resigned after
the 1974 season, the precocious Glas moved up
to the head coaching position at the age of 25, his
efforts as assistant not being lost on the UM-
Morris administration.
After going 27-23 in his first two years, Glas
and the Cougars broke through in 1977, going
21-6, winning the conference championship and
advancing to the NAIA national tournament. In
1978 UM-Morris made the move to Division III,
repeated as conference champions with a 22-6
mark and advanced to the Division III national
tournament. Glas’s 1979 team went 19-9,
finished second in the NIC and again advanced to
the postseason.
With the program at UMM on solid footing,
and with two NIC Coach of the Year awards and
an NAIA District Coach of the Year honor to his
name, Glas decided to move on to a new job and
a new challenge.
Glas’s Coaching Record
Minnesota-Morris
Year Overall Pct.
1974-75 13- 13 (.500)
1975-76 14- 10 (.583)
1976-77 21- 6 (.777)
1977-78 22- 6 (.786)
1978-79 19- 9 (.679)
Totals 89- 44 (.669)
Willamette (Ore.)
Year Overall Pct.
1979-80 12- 13 (.480)
1980-81 13- 13 (.500)
1981-82 12- 14 (.462)
1982-83 19- 8 (.704)
1983-84 10- 16 (.385)
Totals 66- 64 (.507)
North Dakota
Year Overall Pct. NCC
1988-89 8- 20 (.286) 3- 15 10th
1989-90 * 28- 7 (.800) 14- 4 1st
1990-91 * 29- 4 (.879) 17- 1 1st
1991-92 * 23- 9 (.719) 10- 8 4th
1992-93 * 23- 8 (.742) 13- 5 2nd
1993-94 * 23- 9 (.719) 11- 7 T-3rd
1994-95 * 19- 9 (.679) 12- 6 T-1st
1995-96 15- 12 (.555) 9- 9 6th
1996-97 11- 16 (.407) 5- 13 9th
1997-98 14- 13 (.519) 7- 11 T-6th
1998-99 17- 10 (.629) 11- 7 3rd
1999-00 * 23- 8 (.742) 11- 7 3rd
2000-01 16- 11 (.593) 9- 9 T-5th
2001-02 19- 10 (.655) 12- 6 T-3rd
2002-03 * 20- 9 (.690) 11- 5 3rd
2003-04 14- 14 (.500) 5- 9 7th
Totals 302- 169 (.641) 160- 122 (.567)
Overall 457- 277 (.623)
* NCAA Division II tournament team
North Dakota Year-by-Year Under Glas
Overall Home Away Neutral NCC Home Away Non-Conf. Home Away Neutral Postseason
1988-89 8-20 8-9 0-11 0-0 3-15 3-6 0-9 5-5 5-3 0-2 0-0 0-0
1989-90 28-7 16-0 8-6 4-1 14-4 9-0 5-4 8-1 4-0 2-1 2-0 6-2
1990-91 29-4 18-0 9-1 2-3 17-1 9-0 8-1 8-1 6-0 1-0 1-1 4-2
1991-92 23-9 11-2 5-6 7-1 10-8 7-2 3-6 9-0 4-0 2-0 3-0 4-1
1992-93 23-8 12-4 8-4 3-0 13-5 7-2 6-3 6-2 4-1 2-1 0-0 4-1
1993-94 23-9 11-4 7-4 5-1 11-7 5-4 6-3 7-1 5-0 1-0 1-1 5-1
1994-95 19-9 12-3 5-6 2-0 12-6 7-2 5-4 7-2 5-1 0-1 2-0 0-1
1995-96 15-12 8-6 6-6 1-0 9-9 5-4 4-5 6-3 3-2 2-1 1-0 0-0
1996-97 11-16 9-6 1-9 1-1 5-13 5-4 0-9 6-3 4-2 1-0 1-1 0-0
1997-98 14-13 9-5 5-6 0-2 7-11 4-5 3-6 7-2 5-0 2-0 0-2 0-0
1998-99 17-10 10-4 7-5 0-1 11-7 5-4 6-3 6-3 5-0 1-2 0-1 0-0
1999-00 23-8 10-4 8-4 5-0 11-7 5-4 6-3 11-0 5-0 2-0 4-0 1-1
2000-01 16-11 10-3 6-8 0-0 9-9 6-3 3-6 7-1 4-0 3-1 0-0 0-1
2001-02 19-10 14-1 4-9 1-0 12-6 9-0 3-6 7-4 5-1 1-3 1-0 2-1
2002-03 20-9 11-3 8-5 1-1 11-5 6-2 5-3 9-4 5-1 3-2 1-1 0-2
2003-04 14-14 7-5 5-9 2-0 5-9 3-4 2-5 10-5 5-1 3-4 2-0 0-1
Totals 302-169 176-59 92-99 34-11 160-122 95-46 65-76 119-37 74-12 26-18 19-7 26-14
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