Glenn Presnell

Glenn Emery Presnell (July 28, 1905 – September 13, 2004) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. Born in Gilead, Nebraska and educated at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, where he was an All-American in 1927, Presnell played for the NFL's Portsmouth Spartans, who later became the Detroit Lions, in the 1930s. He served as the head football coach at Nebraska in 1942 and at Eastern Kentucky University from 1954 to 1963, compiling a career college football record of 45–56–3.

In 1933, Presnell led the NFL in made field goals with six and in scoring with 64 points.

After playing in the NFL, Presnell was assistant football coach at the University of Kansas, then an assistant at Nebraska. He was head coach at Nebraska in 1942 and Eastern Kentucky from 1954 to 1963. He was then athletic director at Eastern Kentucky until his retirement in 1971.

Presnell died on September 13, 2004 in Ironton, Ohio at the age of 99.

Awards

 * Member of Nebraska Hall of Fame (1973).