Pinckneyville High School - Pyramid Yearbook (Pinckneyville, IL)

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Pyramid Staff Dedicates Yearbook To Coach Gary “‘Bear’’ Glenzy The Pyramid Staff takes great pride in dedicating the 1979 yearbook, “‘Col- lage , to Coach Gary Glenzy Coach Glenzy a from Southeast Missouri State University at Cape Girardeau, Missouri, with a degree in Physical Education. He was first hired to teach and coach football in Chaffee, Missouri, where he worked for three years. He was so respected by his squad, that during the last assembly, he was awarded a ‘POOH’ Bear as a gift of remembrance from his Chaffee team. A few of the Chaffee boys further explained that during Glenzy’'s last football season, they felt as though they were bear cubs with Glenzy as father bear, guiding and teaching them. But how the nickname “Bear” arrived in Pinckneyville is still a mystery. During the past nine years, Coach Glenzy has taught Driver's Education, History, and Physical Education, as well as coached baseball eight years, wrestling seven years, basketball four years, and football 9 years. He is pres- ently teaching Physical Education and is Head football Coach. For the past two years, he has been Athletic Direc- tor, which consists of many long hours spent scheduling all sporting events for the boys’ and for the girls’ teams. This is one position for which enough credit and thanks can never be given. As Head-Football coach, Glenzy has worked many long, hard, and hot hours during the summer, preparing the Pan- thers for the approaching football sea- sons. The season begins approxi- mately two weeks before classes with two practices a day — one morning practice and an afternoon or evening practice. However, when classes do begin, at least three to four hours are spent on the football field preparing for each week's opponent. This time excludes many hours of game prepa- ration, strategy plans, and chalk talks that are the responsibility of this man. The time he has devoted to the ath- letes at PCHS has paid off. Coach Glenzy has produced some of the fin- est teams in Southern Illinois as well as a top contender for our own Southwest Egyptian Conference crown. Coach Glenzy's wife, ek: teaches third grade at Pinckneyville Grade School. They have one daugh- ter, Genea, a ten year old, fourth grade student at St. Bruno's Catholic School. These two ladies follow his teams with cheers and moral support both on and off the field. Coach Glenzy’s family knows the meaning of “eats, drinks, and sleeps football. Not only in the fall, but all year around, he never stops mentioning new football plays and strategies. It is not unheard of for him to be talking football while walking down the street and stopping to dia- gram a play in the dust on a car. When Coach Glenzy finds spare time, a few of his hobbies include fish- ing, golfing, cooking and gardening. He also enjoys bowling, softball, bicy- cling, jogging, weight lifting — almost anything to do with sports.