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His next stop was Willamette University, in
Salem, Ore., where he would coach for five
seasons. Glas also served as WU’s athletic
director for three of those years. The Bearcats
went 66-64 under Glas, with the 1983 team
going 19-8 and advancing to the NAIA national
tournament.
After the 1984 season Glas took a leave of
absence from Willamette and spent a year on
Lute Olson’s staff at Arizona. Glas made such a
favorable impression on Olson that when
North Dakota Under Glas
Current NCC Schools
Augustana 28- 6
Minnesota-Duluth 6- 1
Minnesota State 20- 14
Nebraska-Omaha 22- 14
St. Cloud State 22- 15
South Dakota 13- 23
All Other Schools
Adams State 0- 1
Alaska-Anchorage 1- 0
Ashland 1- 0
Bellevue 1- 0
Bemidji State 12- 2
Cal State Dominguez Hills 0- 1
Carroll 1- 0
Central Washington 0- 1
Colorado Christian 1- 0
Colorado-Mines 1- 0
Coach Profiles
Hawaii coach Frank Arnold later called Olson
looking for leads to fill an open assistant
coaching position, he gave Arnold Glas’s name
and Arnold hired Glas.
After three years of coaching in Hawaii, the
job at North Dakota opened and Glas was
chosen to lead the program. Glas and the Sioux
got off to a rocky start, finishing 8-20 his first
year, but that only set the stage for a remarkable
and historical turnaround.
After going 3-15 in the NCC to finish last in
1989, Glas led UND on a worst-to-first
charge. His 1990 team went 14-4 to
win the NCC, advanced to the Elite
Eight where it finished third and
finished 28-7 overall. It was the first
time in 65 years an NCC team had
made such a dramatic improvement
within the standings.
Glas’s 1991 team would fare even
better, winning the NCC with a 17-1
mark (a league record for wins in a
season that still stands), going 29-4
overall and advancing to the Elite Eight
for the second consecutive year. Glas
had the program off and running and it
has not looked back since.
Glas has led UND to seven NCAA
appearances in his 14 years, with the
Sioux winning six straight NCC
regular season or tournament championships
between 1990 and 1995. He
has compiled a 14-year postseason
record of 26-11 (.703), and his 268
overall victories at UND give him the
second-most wins in the program’s
storied history.
In 2001 Glas won his 400th career
game, and he currently ranks No. 9 on
the winningest active Division II
coaches list with 423 wins. He was
named the Kodak/NABC North
Central Region Coach of the Year in
both 1990 and 1991.
Concordia-St. Paul 1- 0
Dakota State 1- 0
Dakota Wesleyan 2- 0
Denver 0- 2
Florida Tech 1- 0
Fort Hays State 1- 0
Grand Canyon 1- 2
Grand Valley State 0- 2
Grand View 2- 0
Gustavus 1- 0
Hawaii-Hilo 1- 0
Hawaii Pacific 0- 1
Holy Names 1- 0
Humboldt State 1- 0
Jacksonville State 1- 0
Jamestown 6- 0
Kansas 0- 2
Kentucky Wesleyan 0- 1
Lewis 1- 0
Mary 6- 1
Mayville State 4- 0
Mesa State 1- 0
Metro State 1- 1
MidAmerica Nazarene 1- 0
Minnesota-Crookston 5- 1
Minnesota-Morris 5- 0
MSU, Moorhead 8- 2
Minot State 7- 1
Montana State-Billings 2- 0
Morehouse 1- 0
Morningside 19- 13
Mount Senario 3- 0
Nebraska-Kearney 5- 0
North Dakota State 16- 17
Northern Colorado 24- 9
Northern Kentucky 0- 1
Northern Michigan 1- 1
Northern State 4- 1
Pacific Lutheran 1- 0
Puget Sound 1- 1
St. Martin’s 1- 0
Seattle Pacific 1- 2
His impact on the individuals around him,
both assistant coaches and players, has been just
Glas at North Dakota
Overall Record: 302-167 (.644)
Home: 176-61 (.743)
Away: 92-99 (.482)
Neutral: 34-11 (.756)
NCC Record: 160-122 (.567)
Home: 95-46 (.674)
Away: 65-76 (.461)
Non-Conference Record: 119-37 (.763)
Home: 74-12 (.860)
Away: 26-18 (.591)
Neutral: 19-7 (.731)
Postseason Record: 26-14 (.650)
NCC Tournament: 15-6 (.714)
NCAA Regional: 9-6 (.600)
Elite Eight: 2-2 (.500)
Overtime Games: 21-10
One-Point Games: 10-10
Two-Point Games: 5-17
Three-Point Games: 20-12
as impressive as his 457 career wins. At the
moment 16 former UND assistant coaches or
players are coaching at levels from high school
to Division I to professional leagues in Europe.
Glas has also coached five NCC MVPs, nine
All-Americans, 24 All-NCC selections, two
NCC Newcomers of the Year, one NCC
Freshman of the Year and six Academic All-
NCC selections.
Glas and his wife, Sandy, reside in Grand
Forks. Their daughter, Randi, lives in Portland,
Ore., with her husband, Deven Paolo, while
their son, Jeff, is a junior at UND and the
starting kicker on the Fighting Sioux football
team.
Simpson 1- 0
Sioux Falls 0- 1
South Dakota State 17- 21
Southwest Minn. State 2- 1
Thomas More 1- 0
Transylvania 0- 1
Troy State 0- 1
Truman State 2- 1
Valley City State 3- 0
Virginia Union 0- 1
Viterbo 1- 0
West Georgia 1- 0
Western Oregon 1- 0
Western State 1- 0
William Penn 1- 0
Winona State 1- 0
Wisconsin-La Crosse 0- 1
Wisconsin-Parkside 1- 0
Wisconsin-Platteville 0- 2
Wisconsin-Superior 1- 0
Fighting Sioux Men’s Basketball 2004-05