Coach Jenny Glenn leaves MSU Denver after a decade of dominance in Women’s Volleyball
In her final season as head coach, Glenn and her team captured the University’s first national championship in the sport.
After 10 seasons, more than 250 wins and the 2025 NCAA Division II national championship, Metropolitan State University of Denver Head Women’s Volleyball Coach Jenny Glenn is moving on.
Glenn is headed to Washington, D.C., where she will lead the Division I American University Eagles volleyball team.
“I’m excited to take the next step and take over a program that in a lot of ways can be similar to MSU Denver,” Glenn said. “I had a mission the minute I got here to win a national championship. It’s just been really fun to watch each group go after that goal and it was awesome to reach the mountain top and win it.”
Glenn’s tenure at MSU Denver was defined not only by victories and the University’s first-ever national championship, but by a culture of excellence. Over a decade, she compiled a remarkable 252-53 overall record and an extraordinary 152-10 mark in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference play.
“Jenny Glenn elevated MSU Denver Volleyball to a level that few programs in the country can match,” said Director of Athletics Todd Thurman. “Her passion for student-athletes, commitment to academic excellence and relentless pursuit of championships transformed this program. We are incredibly grateful for everything she has done for MSU Denver, our student-athletes and our entire Athletics Department.”
Glenn took over the program following the tenure of legendary Coach Debbie Hendricks, who established a winning tradition at MSU Denver, and Glenn was determined to continue that tradition. “I inherited a program that had a ton of success … and I wanted to carry that on. Nobody wants to be the one to break that streak.”
Instead, she created her own streaks. That first year, her team went 18-0 in RMAC play, captured the conference regular season title. “Those athletes embraced me did all the new and different things I asked them to do,” she said. “Their goal was to get past the first round in the NCAA tournament, and they did it.”
She went on to win six RMAC regular-season championships, three RMAC Tournament championships, and her teams qualified for the NCAA tournament every season she coached, except for the 2020 COVID-impacted season.
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Glenn also mentored some of the most decorated players in program history, including three RMAC Players of the Year. Her athletes earned 65 All-RMAC selections and 18 American Volleyball Coaches Association All-America honors during her tenure. They scored in the classroom, too: Glenn coached six RMAC Academic Players of the Year and three RMAC Summit Award winners, 24 All-RMAC First Team Academic selections and 90 RMAC Academic Honor Roll honorees.
“We worked really hard to build a culture that could sustain tons of athletes coming through that just gave me everything they had,” Glenn said. “I have had athletes I still talk to today that … poured their heart and soul into this place. They literally left the last match with their tank empty.”
Glenn picked up a few honors herself, including four-time RMAC Coach of the Year, the 2025 Colorado Sportswomen College Coach of the Year, the 2021 Colorado Sportswomen College Coach of the Year and the 2021 Mile High Sports College Coach of the Year.
After four consecutive seasons falling just short in the NCAA South Central Regional final, the 2025 squad captured the national title and brought home the first volleyball national championship won by a Colorado school.
“I love what the national championship does for the University,” Glenn said. “It’s a big stage that we got to be a part of. We got to share what MSU Denver volleyball is all about.”
But, she said, while the trophy is wonderful, the relationships formed and lessons learned also are meaningful. “We were able to be role models. It’s so much bigger than even volleyball,” she said.
Although she is moving on, her legacy will remain a big part of Roadrunner history. “This is just a great place for volleyball and will continue to be,” Glenn said. “It’s been such a fun ride the last 10 years.”
