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Glass new offensive coordinator for the Prescott Curley Wolves

A former Curley Wolf returns home as the team's offensive coordinator this year.

Brian Glass, a 1990 graduate of Prescott High School, who holds a BSE in health and physical education from Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, is showing the Wolves how the new offense works.

Before coming home, Glass coached baseball and softball at Delight, and spent a couple of years coaching football in Gurdon and Arkadelphia. He prefers Prescott.

Glass has spent the off-season working with the offensive backs and linebackers. He earned All-District honors as a linebacker in the 1989 season for the Wolves.

He also played baseball for four years at OBU, lettering all four seasons and playing in the AIC All-Star game in his senior year.

During his prep career with the Wolves's baseball team, Glass made All-District and All-State.

However, when it comes to getting the team ready for the 2002 grid campaign, he said the Wolves will be using several different offensive schemes, usually setting up in the Pro-I.

"We'll be as balanced as we need to be offensively," he said. "Compared to last year, we'll open it up more.

"We have talented skilled people here and a lot of speed. This is our strength  speed. We want to get the ball in the athletes's hands and let them make the play."

The front line, he said, will be young, but has been improving during the off-season and summer practice sessions. "We'll be OK."

Coming in, he said, the players are smart and work hard. "They'll know how to block and know the fundamentals. We work on them daily.

"We'll be able to run the ball on people, but we want to mix it up when we want. We want to dictate the matchups and attack where the other team is weakest."

At this time, Glass said, no positions are set in stone as far as starters, but the coaching staff has some ideas about who may play where.

He said the quarterback situation looks good, with three different players taking snaps and all three catching onto the new system. The trio, he added, all have strong arms.

This brings it to the receivers, which is a strong point for the team. Glass said the receiving corps have speed, good hands and height. The tight ends are big and fast and will be utilized in the offense as well.

As linebacker coach, Glass said the Wolves have a chance to be good here, as those being looked at in the position are fast and want to hit.

Defensively, he said, the team will be as fast as it's ever been.

Glass and his wife, Melanie, are glad to be back in Prescott.