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Glenn Wilkes

Glenn Newton Wilkes (November 28, 1928 – November 21, 2020) was an American college basketball coach and athletics administrator. He served as the head men's basketball coach at Stetson University in DeLand, Florida from 1957 to 1993 and was the school's athletic director from 1968 to 1990. Known as the Godfather of Florida basketball, Wilkes was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2014.

Wilkes attended Mercer University, where he played college basketball from 1946 to 1950. At Stetson, he had over 550 wins along with 27 winning seasons.

Wilkes wrote a book called ''Basketball''. His son, Glenn Wilkes Jr., is the head women's basketball coach at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. His grandson, Wyatt, plays college basketball at Florida State University. Provided by Wikipedia