.jpg) Presnell from 1943 Cornhusker | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 28, 1905 Gilead, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Died | September 13, 2004 (aged 99) Ironton, Ohio, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1925–1927 | Nebraska |
| 1929–1930 | Ironton Tanks |
| 1931–1936 | Portsmouth Spartans/Detroit Lions |
| Position(s) | Halfback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1936 | Lawrence Tech |
| 1937 | Kansas (backfield) |
| 1938–1941 | Nebraska (backfield) |
| 1942 | Nebraska |
| 1944 | North Carolina Pre-Flight (backfield) |
| 1946 | Nebraska (assistant) |
| 1947–1953 | Eastern Kentucky (assistant) |
| 1954–1963 | Eastern Kentucky |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1942 | Nebraska (acting AD) |
| 1963–1971 | Eastern Kentucky |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 45–61–4 |
| Bowls | 0–1 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2 OVC (1954, 1962) | |
| Awards | |
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Glenn Emery "Press" Presnell (July 28, 1905 – September 13, 2004) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He set the NFL single-season scoring record in 1933 and led the league in total offense. He was the last surviving member of the Detroit Lions inaugural 1934 team and helped lead the team to its first NFL championship in 1935. He also set an NFL record with a 54-yard field goal in 1934, a record which was not broken for 19 years. Presnell served as the head football coach at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in 1942 and at Eastern Kentucky State College—now known as Eastern Kentucky University–from 1954 to 1963, compiling a career college football coaching record of 45–56–3. He was also the athletic director at Eastern Kentucky from 1963 to 1971.