Will Glover is in his second season on the Bama State football staff the wide receivers coach after being hired in Feb., 2024,
Glover came to Alabama State after serving at his Alma Mater Georgia Tech as offensive quality control coach since 2019 four seasons as wide receivers coach at Bethune-Cookman (2015-18). In his four seasons at B-CU, he coached a pair of all-Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference receivers, including first-team honoree Jawill Davis, who went on to sign a free-agent contract with the NFL’s New York Giants. His coaching career also includes two seasons at UCF, first as an offensive quality control assistant in 2013, then as a graduate assistant in 2014. In his two seasons at UCF, the Knights produced three receivers that would go on to play in the NFL, including first-round draft pick Breshad Perriman (2015 – Baltimore Ravens).
In 2017, Glover oversaw the development of a deep receiving corp. that helped the Wildcats finished third in completion percentage (59%) and passing yardage (215.3). BCU was fourth in passing efficiency (124.82), and led the MEAC in red zone offense by scoring close to 86% of its trips. A balanced group saw a different leader in the main three receiving categories, as Frank Brown led the Wildcats with four scores, Jawill Davis averaged 43.2 yards per-game, and Keavon Mitchell averaged just under four catches per-game. BCU produced three 100-reception receivers with Mitchell (104), Brown (138) and Davis (160).
Davis was 11th in the MEAC with an average of 13.19 yards per-catch, and after graduating from BCU signed as an undrafted free agent with the New York Giants.
During the 2016 season, Glover oversaw the progression of redshirt junior receiver Frank Brown being named to the All-MEAC Second Team, though entering as a return specialist. The Palm Beach Gardens, Florida native finished the season leading the Wildcats in receiving with 29 catches for 439 yards and seven touchdowns. He averaged 48.8 yards per game, while also amassing 15.1 yards per reception. Also accumulating 20-plus receptions were Jawill Davis (26 rec., 389 yds) and Jaime Wilson (21 rec., 197 yds), respectively.
The 2015 season saw Davis make his way onto the All-MEAC Firs Team for offense. He finished the year leading Bethune-Cookman in receptions (39) and receiving yards (788). He ended the campaign with a team-high matching six touchdown receptions, and finished ninth in the league for receptions per game (3.5). He was second in receiving yards per game (71.6), and ended 46th in the FCS for total receiving yards.
Glover arrived to B-CU from UCF where he spent the 2014 season as an offensive graduate assistant with the Knights. He joined the Knights in the 2013 season as their offensive quality control assistant, and first arrived at UCF as a volunteer in the spring of 2013.
While at UCF, Glover worked with All-American Conference receivers Breshad Perriman and J.J. Worton. Perriman was taken in the first round of the 2015 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Ravens.
Additionally, receivers Rannell Hall and Josh Reese were signed to free agent contracts by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers following the 2014 campaign.
He was a four-year letterwinner for the Georgia Tech under the guise of O’Leary from 1999-2002. At Georgia Tech, Glover helped the Yellow Jackets to four consecutive bowl appearances from 1999-2002. As a junior, he scored the first-ever touchdown in the 2001 Jeep Seattle Bowl (previously named the Oahu Bowl) against Stanford. The Jackets would go on to win the game by a score of 24-12.
As a student-athlete at Georgia Tech (1999-2002), Glover caught 122 passes for 1,316 yards for the Yellow Jackets, which still rank sixth and 13th in program history, respectively. The Jackets made four bowl appearances in his four seasons and ranked No. 1 in the country in total offense during his freshman campaign (509.0 ypg in 1999). His time as a student-athlete at Tech coincided with head coach Geoff Collins’ first tenure with the Yellow Jackets, as a graduate assistant in 1999-2000, then as tight ends coach in 2001. Glover went on to sign as a priority free agent with the National Football League’s New York Jets in 2013.
In his time at Georgia Tech, Glover broke into the school’s record book. Currently, he ranks sixth with 122 career receptions and 13th with 1,316 receiving yards.
After his playing career ended with the Yellow Jackets, Glover moved to a career in professional football. He signed as a priority free agent with the New York Jets in 2003, and later deciding to play in the Canadian Football League and NFL Europe.
Born in Chicago, Glover calls Tampa his hometown. In 2009, he received a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing from Clayton State University. Glover has three daughters: Ariyah, Aliviyah, and Amirah.
