Bio

A two-sport star at SUNY Orange, Glen McGinnis played soccer and basketball during his days at SUNY Orange. He was a center midfielder for the soccer squad and played guard for the 1954-55 Colt hardwood team.

Upon graduation from SUNY Orange, he transferred to SUNY Brockport where he made an immediate athletic contribution by helping lead the Golden Eagles to the 1955 national championship. McGinnis has crafted a remarkable 54-year coaching career, garnering more than 800 victories and mentoring countless athletes in such sports as football, baseball, basketball, swimming, soccer and softball.

He began teaching and coaching in 1957 but joined the Cornwall Central School District in 1961 for what would become a 35-year career as a sixth-grade teacher. At various times, he has coached modified, junior varsity and varsity teams. McGinnis won two Orange County Interscholastic Athletic Association titles and two Section 9 championships in varsity baseball and was named OCIAA Baseball Coach of the Year in 1969. He became Cornwall’s first-ever swim coach in 1980-81.

He coached varsity boy's soccer for one season and girl's modified soccer for 15 seasons. His junior varsity softball coaching tenure spanned 19 seasons. He coached junior varsity and varsity boys basketball for 24 seasons. His varsity hardwood teams finished 21-0 in both 1970-71 and 1971-72,.

He was named basketball Coach of the Year by the New York State Sportswriters Association and Middletown “Times Herald-Record” in 1971. The New York “Daily News” accorded him that same honor in 1972 and 1973. McGinnis was inducted into the SUNY Brockport Sports Hall of Fame as a member of the 1955 national championship squad.

He is a past president of the Orange County Basketball Coaches Association and served on the Board of Directors of the New York State Basketball Coaches Association for 25 years. The Cornwall High School holiday basketball tournament was renamed the Glen M. McGinnis Holiday Basketball Tournament in 2010.