In his first season at Northwestern State, defensive coordinator Weston Glaser made an immediate impact on the Purple Swarm in his return to the Southland Conference.
That first impression was strong enough for Glaser to add the responsibilities and title of assistant head coach for the 2023 season.
Glaser’s first Northwestern State defense played a key role in helping the Demons craft the first 4-0 Southland start in 35 years and produced three all-conference performers — one of whom landed an NFL contract.
Cornerback William Hooper earned second-team All-Southland honors and signed an undrafted free agent contract with the NFL.
Joining Hooper in Glaser’s all-conference haul were second-team selections defensive lineman Jomard Valsin Jr. and PJ Herrington, who made the all-conference team as both a safety and as a punt returner.
Glaser came to Natchitoches after a four-season run at Campbell in which he was both the Camels’ defensive coordinator and, in 2021, their assistant head coach.
A member of the 2019 American Football Coaches Association’s 35 Under 35 Coaches Leadership institute, Glaser coordinated a Camel defense that was the No. 2-ranked pass defense in its abbreviated four-game 2020 season. That season, Campbell faced four Football Bowl Subdivision teams – Georgia Southern, Coastal Carolina, Appalachian State and Wake Forest – and surrendered 185.2 passing yards per game.
During his Campbell tenure, Glaser’s defenses twice led the Big South in pass defense and helped the program post a 6-5 mark in 2019, marking the second of back-to-back winning seasons which had not been done at Campbell in the school’s modern era (dating to 2008).
As the interim defensive coordinator for the final three games of 2018, Glaser’s defense led FCS in fewest passing yards allowed (122.5) and ranked seventh nationally in pass efficiency defense (103.27). Included in that stretch was a single-game school record for fewest passing yards allowed as Campbell held Presbyterian to 12 yards in a 34-6 Camels’ win.
Campbell defensive lineman Brevin Allen was named the 2021 Big South Defensive Player of the Year under Glaser’s tutelage, giving Glaser nine all-conference and two all-American selections since the 2019 season.
A former Sam Houston quarterback, Glaser began his coaching career at his alma mater, spending three seasons (2010-12) on the Bearkat staff, helping Sam Houston post a 31-10 record, capture two Southland Conference titles and reach consecutive FCS National Championship Games.
The Waco, Texas, native worked with UTEP’s linebackers and defensive backs from 2013-15 and served as an assistant pit crew coach for Hendrick Sports’ NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams, driven by Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr. from August 2014-January 2015. During his time with Hendrick Motorsports, Glaser also worked for the Cleveland Browns scouting department.
Glaser continued his coaching career at Texas A&M in 2016 working with the defensive backs and spent the spring of 2018 as the defensive coordinator at Howard Payne University before moving to Campbell.
Glaser and his wife, Laura, have two sons, Deacon and Brooks.
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