Jason Glasco enters his seventh season as a part of the Tiger football coaching staff.  His first two seasons were spent as a graduate assistant, and he continues to work with the team’s linebackers and to serve as both the special teams and recruiting coordinator in 2018.

 

Glasco has coached 16 All-GPAC linebackers, including Brady Bonte, who was nominated for the prestigious Cliff Harris Award, given to the top small college defense player of the year in the NAIA.  Glasco also coached Adam Bormann, who was named All-GPAC First Team two seasons ago.  Bormann tallied 280 tackles in his career, including 73 as a senior.

 

Glasco came to Dakota Wesleyan University after two seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Sioux Falls.  While with the Cougars, he worked with the team’s defensive backs.  Glasco joined the coaching ranks after a successful playing career at Sioux Falls.  He was a three-year starter at safety and a two-time All-GPAC Honorable Mention pick.  He earned All-GPAC First-Team honors and All-America Honorable Mention honors once.  Glasco, who graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in exercise science in 2007, played for the Cougars from 2003 to 2006 and was a part of the 2006 national championship team.

 

Glasco grew up in Sioux Falls, S.D., and attended Sioux Falls Roosevelt High School.  He received his master’s degree in educational policy and administration from Dakota Wesleyan in 2012.