The 2025-26 academic year marks Lee Glenn’s 13th season as a member of the University of North Georgia’s senior athletics administrative staff. A 26-year veteran of collegiate athletics, Glenn was promoted to Senior Associate Athletic Director in 2022 and added the role of Chief Communications Officer (CCO) in 2024. As CCO, he serves as the department’s strategic communicator to internal and external audiences and is a member of the athletics executive leadership team, helping author the long-term strategic vision and competitive excellence for Nighthawk Athletics.
Glenn provides administrative oversight for seven sports: baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s golf and men’s and women’s tennis, while also leading the department’s external-facing units. His areas of responsibility include marketing & brand management, communications, creative services, licensing & retail, digital and in-venue fan experience, external facility usage and digital media platforms such as UNGAthletics.com and the award-winning Nighthawk Sports Network.
He directed a three-year athletics rebranding initiative that introduced a refreshed NG monogram and a unified suite of institutional wordmarks, strengthening the department’s visual identity and brand consistency.
At the national level, Glenn has served on several NCAA committees and programs, including a five-year term (2015–20) on the NCAA Division II Men’s and Women’s Cross Country/Track & Field National Committee, where he was elected chair of the cross country committee for 2019–20. He currently serves on the NCAA Men’s Golf South/Southeast Regional Advisory Committee and has played an integral role in helping UNG host NCAA championship events, including the 2022 NCAA Division II Women’s Golf National Championship and the upcoming 2026 NCAA Division I/II/III Rowing National Championship in Gainesville.
Across campus, Glenn has contributed through numerous leadership and planning roles, including service on the Sesquicentennial Planning Committee, Strategic Enrollment Management Marketing subcommittee, and the Enrollment Optimization, Student Success & Marketing Expansion Task Force. He has also co-chaired the Strategic Facility Usage and Prioritization Committee, the Reopening UNG Working Group for Athletics (2020) and the Diversity Action Plan Steering Committee’s Student Recruitment and Retention subcommittee.
A 2020 graduate of the UNG Staff Leadership Development Program, Glenn has been recognized for his leadership and service, including receiving the Boar’s Head Brigade Commandant of Cadets Certificate of Achievement in 2019. The department also earned the NCAA Award of Excellence in 2017 for its Operation Nighthawks of Honor initiative, which promotes positive campus and community engagement.
Before joining UNG, Glenn held senior administrative and coaching positions at Piedmont College (Ga.) and Methodist University (N.C.), both NCAA Division III institutions. While at Piedmont, he served as assistant athletic director, head men’s basketball coach, director of golf/head coach and director of athletic communications, earning Coach of the Year honors in both men’s basketball (2011) and men’s cross country (2002). He is the only coach in the history of the Great South Athletic Conference history to achieve that distinction.
Glenn maintains active professional memberships in the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and the Division II Athletic Directors Association (D2ADA).
He and his wife, Jocelyn, reside in Dahlonega with their children, Hagen and Hadley.
Updated: July 2025
