Ryan Glenney is in his 11th season with the DBU Men’s Basketball program and serves as the team’s Associate Head Coach. Over his 10 seasons with the Patriots, Glenney has helped guide DBU to eight NCAA Tournament appearances, including a historic run to the NCAA Division II National Semifinals in 2024-2025—the first in school history. In 2025-2026, he was part of a DBU squad that captured back-to-back Lone Star Conference Regular Season and Tournament Championships and two consecutive appearances in the South Central Regional Final.
During Glenney’s tenure, the Patriots have claimed three Lone Star Conference division titles, two LSC regular season banners, two Heartland Conference regular season crowns, and three conference tournament championships (LSC: 2025, 2026; Heartland Conference: 2018). Under his leadership, DBU has compiled an impressive 170–87 record over the past nine seasons.
In recognition of his coaching excellence, Glenney was named the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Small College Assistant Coach of the Year in 2019. A proven recruiter and developer of talent, Glenney has coached 30 All-Conference performers, including two All-Americans, Chandler Jacobs (2021) and Cameron Kahn (2024). His players have also earned three Conference Freshman of the Year honors, four Lone Star Conference Defensive Player of the Year awards, and three LSC Sixth Man of the Year selections.
As DBU’s recruiting coordinator, Glenney oversees recruiting operations, scheduling, academic monitoring, on-court coaching, and opponent scouting. He has recruited and developed players from across the United States and internationally, helping sustain DBU’s reputation as one of the premier programs in Division II basketball.
Now in his 17th year of coaching at the collegiate level, Glenney brings extensive experience in recruiting, player development, and academic oversight at both the NCAA and NJCAA Division I levels. Before returning to DBU, he served as the top assistant coach at North Platte Community College (Nebraska), working under Coach Kevin O’Connor, where he was instrumental in player development, scouting, academic supervision, and camps. His earlier coaching stops include Jacksonville College under Coach Jody Bailey and Western Texas College as the team’s recruiting coordinator for Coach Larren Silver.
Glenney began his coaching career at Iowa State University, serving as a student assistant under current Creighton University Head Coach Greg McDermott. After graduating, he joined the DBU staff as a Graduate Assistant Coach, contributing to recruiting, academics, and the Patriots’ 2011 NCCAA National Championship team.
A native of Iowa, Glenney holds a Bachelor of Arts in Community Sport and Recreation from Iowa State University (2009) and a Master of Arts in Kinesiology from Dallas Baptist University (2011). He and his wife, Amanda, a fellow DBU alumna, have been married for 14 years and are the proud parents of their daughter, Harper, and son, Isaiah.
