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Assistant coach Glenn Box returned to Saint Louis University in June 2014 to begin a second stint on the Billiken women’s basketball staff. Box, who served the 2010-11 and 2011-12 campaigns at SLU, spent the 2012-13 and 2013-14 seasons as an assistant at the University of Akron.
“I am very excited to have Glenn Box back at Saint Louis University,” head coach Lisa Stone said. “During the time I have known Glenn, I have admired his passion and love for the game. He brings head-coaching experience, experience on the men’s side and experience coaching Division I women’s basketball to our program. Glenn has great knowledge of the game and is a great teacher. His personality and enthusiasm are infectious and have an important impact on our players and our recruiting.
“Glenn has many ties to the Midwest and to coaches in the surrounding area, which aids us in our recruiting,” Stone said. “He is responsible for our perimeter players’ development, game and practice planning, scouting and all aspects of recruiting. We’re happy to have Glenn back in the Billiken family.”
“The opportunity to assist Coach Stone is one which I consider to be special,” Box said. “I am excited to assist her in any capacity as she continues to lead this program in a positive, winning direction.”
At Akron, Box worked primarily with the Zips’ post players and served as the team’s defensive coordinator. He also oversaw junior-college recruiting and scheduling and was the liaison for strength and conditioning.
In 2013, Box coached Akron’s first-ever Mid-American Conference Player of the Year, Rachel Tecca, as well as third-team All-MAC selection Sina King.
Before first arriving at Saint Louis in May 2010, Box served a two-year stint as an assistant coach at Western Michigan, where he worked primarily with the Broncos’ guards. He spent six seasons at Rend Lake College in Ina, Ill., serving the first three years as an assistant with the men’s program before taking over as head coach of the women’s team. Box, a native of Cairo, Ill., began his coaching career in the Cairo school district.
The Rend Lake women posted a 64-31 record (.674) and defeated four nationally ranked opponents during Box’s three-year tenure. His 2007-08 team assembled a 21-11 ledger and reached No. 16 in the NJCAA national poll. The 2006-07 Lady Warriors fashioned a 24-8 mark, second best in school history, while finishing among the top 25 in the nation in scoring, field goal percentage, 3-point field goal percentage and free throw percentage. Box’s 2005-06 squad went 19-12.
Box coached Rend Lake players who garnered six All-Conference accolades and four All-Region plaudits. That group included Rebecca Harris, a 2006 honorable mention All-American.
Box earned an associate’s degree in elementary education at Rend Lake in 1996 and a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice at Southeast Missouri State in 1998. He and his wife, Angela, are the parents of two sons, Darius and William, and a daughter, Auna.
