Chad Glasgow (born January 18, 1972) is a

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coach who was the defensive coordinator for the

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for six seasons and former Texas Tech Red Raiders football program's

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for the 2011 season.

Early years

Glasgow graduated from Woodward High School in

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. In 1995, he received a

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(BBA) from Oklahoma State University (OSU) in 1995. Glasgow also played

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for the

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Early coaching career

Glasgow began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at the

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from 1994-95. The following year, he served in the same position at the

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under head coach

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. While with the

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, Glasgow also served under then defensive coordinator,

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. Glasgow was named the

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for the 1997 season. From 1998–2000, Glasgow was the safeties coach at Southwest Texas State University (now

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). In 2001, Glasgow was hired as the safeties coach at

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, by first year Horned Frogs head coach Gary Patterson. After the 2010 season, Glasgow was named the National Defensive Backs Coach of the Year winner by Footballscoop.com.

Texas Tech

Prior to the 2011 season, Glasgow was named

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after James Willis was relieved of his duties the previous month. Glasgow looked to bring a transformation to a Texas Tech defense that ranked dead last in the Big 12 and 116th in the country. In a February 2, 2011, National Signing Day show shown on FOX34, in Lubbock, Glasgow announced that Texas Tech would be scrapping the 3-4 scheme they ran under Willis and will replace that with the 4-2-5 defense that Glasgow ran at TCU. On December 29, 2011, following a season in which the Red Raiders were ranked 117th in points allowed per game, it was announced that Chad Glasgow would be leaving the Texas Tech staff. Later Glasgow and Texas Tech agreed to mutually split with Tech and Glasgow agreeing to a settlement of $100,000.

TCU

In 2016,

, promoted Glasgow to full-time defensive coordinator and Safeties coach.

Personal life

Glasgow and his wife, Maida, were married in March 2010. The couple has twin boys, Brance and Colt and has a one-year-old boy named Dayne.

References

External links

Official Texas Tech athletics biography

{{DEFAULTSORT:Glasgow, Chad 1972 births Living people American football linebackers Illinois State Redbirds football coaches New Mexico Lobos football coaches Oklahoma State Cowboys football coaches TCU Horned Frogs football coaches Texas State Bobcats football coaches Texas Tech Red Raiders football coaches Oklahoma State Cowboys football players Players of American football from Oklahoma Coaches of American football from Oklahoma People from Woodward, Oklahoma