My objective is to utilize my careers as an athlete, a T.V. personality, 
an historian, an author, a teacher,
and an entrepreneur to help students maximize their educational experience. I want them to use this
opportunity to create a successful life despite any circumstances or disadvantages.
I learned from a privileged background where both of my parents were teachers. I had perfect
attendance through twelve years of school and tutored seniors while I was a sophomore. While playing
with the New York Knicks, I attended graduate schools and worked on Wall Street. In Atlanta, I broadcast
for 26 years and taught G.E.D. for thirteen years. I have displayed over thirty exhibits nation-wide that
taught history through my own curated collection of historical documents and artifacts ranging from
African Americans in athletics, civil rights, women’s rights, and literacy. I am also an alumnus of
Leadership Atlanta Class of 1989. Recently, I teamed with the National Superintendent of the Year, Curtis
Jones of Bibb County, to talk to eleven high schools in his system.
Biography
Mike Glenn began his professional life in the NBA from 1977 to 1986. Since then, he has spent 26 years
broadcasting sports, 13 years teaching G.E.D. classes, and has been showing expertly curated historical
exhibits. He served one year on the board of directors for the National Basketball Retired Players
Association.
In 1980, while in the NBA, Glenn started the nation’s first basketball camp for deaf athletes, and it is still
going. In 2013 Glenn played himself in a feature length film about his camp, Spirit of Love. The film won
“Best Inspirational Movie of the Year” at the ICM Country Music Association in Nashville, Tennessee.
Mike Glenn’s awards include
• Two-time NCAA Academic All American Basketball Player, and number one voted in 1977
• The Gate City Barr Association Professional Athlete Award
• Walter B. Kennedy Citizenship Award by the NBA, 1981
• “The Spirit of Love Award” by the NBA Players Association, 1984
• The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Community Service Award by the Roberto Goizueta Business School
of Emory University, 2001
• The Hosea Williams Award for Community Activism by Georgia State University, 2009
• “Champion Award” by Operation Lifesaver, Inc., 2010
• All-Century Team, Southern Illinois University, 2014
• Inducted into the Missouri Valley Conference Hall of Fame, 2015
• The National “Service Above Self Award” by the Springfield, MA Rotary Club, 2015
• Inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame, 2016
Glenn is an alumnus of Leadership Atlanta, class of 1988-89.
Glenn has written five books, the most recent is My Next Shot Goes In: 10 Sacred Characteristics of NBA
Players that Lead to Success.