Glenn Scobey Warner (April 5, 1871 – September 7, 1954) was an American football coach, also known as Pop Warner. During his 44-year career as a head coach (1895–1938), Warner had 319 major NCAA college football wins. The 319 wins listed does not include 18 wins at Iowa State University. He also helped start the popular youth American football organization, Pop Warner Little Scholars.
Glenn Scobey Warner was born in Springville, New York. Warner ...
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Glenn Scobey Warner (April 5, 1871 – September 7, 1954) was an American football coach, also known as Pop Warner. During his 44-year career as a head coach (1895–1938), Warner had 319 major NCAA college football wins. The 319 wins listed does not include 18 wins at Iowa State University. He also helped start the popular youth American football organization, Pop Warner Little Scholars.
Glenn Scobey Warner was born in Springville, New York. Warner attended and played football for Cornell University. As captain of the Cornell football team, he obtained the nickname "Pop" because he was older than most of his teammates. After graduating from Cornell, he had a brief legal career in New York.
Warner was hired by the University of Georgia as its new head football coach in 1895 at a salary of $34 per week. For the 1895-1896 academic year, Georgia's entire student body consisted of 126 students. This was Georgia's first year in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association, a conference...
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