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Posted by Michael Glick at Dec 5, 2018 4:00PM PST ( 0 Comments )

Since he was as old as the teens he now coaches, Mike Glick knew his place in life would be along the sidelines of a high school gym.The Meade Mustangs’ new boys’ basketball coach — who will look for his 482nd career win tonight in the Mustangs’ season opener at Oxon Hill — is continuing his mission to maximize his basketball players’ potential and prepare all his Meade students for life after high school.“I always knew I wanted to coach,” Glick said. “In my high school yearbook, it said: ‘Where do you want to see yourself in 20 years?’ And I said, ‘Coaching basketball.’ So I followed my dream.”

Glick is a total Maryland product. He was born and raised in Montgomery County, graduated from the former Robert E. Perry High School in Rockville, and attended St. Mary’s College, where he played basketball and baseball.A guard by trade, Glick joked that he’s dating himself when he mentions that he himself held a lot of St. Mary’s scoring records for a time because the advent of the 3-point line occurred during his junior year.“I was an outside shooter, so when the 3-point line came in, it was awesome,” he said. “I wish I played my whole career with it.”Making A DifferenceAfter spending five years coaching at the college level, Glick took his first high school coaching position in 1993 with St. Vincent Pallotti in Laurel, where he led the Panthers to the WCAC Division II championship in just his second year.In 1999, he began a seven-year stint at nearby Archbishop Spalding, where he racked up two Baltimore Catholic League titles, three MIAA regular-season championships and one MIAA tournament title.Glick has coached multiple players who have gone on to play at the next level and beyond, including former Maryland Terrapins center Will Bowers and current San Antonio Spurs starting small forward Rudy Gay. 

But honing the skills of his players is really only a singular aspect of his job, Glick said.“The No. 1 thing for me is to make a difference in people’s lives and to see the players move on and become productive members of society,” he said.“That’s one thing people can expect. We’re going to have good kids, academically inclined, who’ll be productive members of society. And I try to do that as a classroom teacher, too.”The attention that Glick gives to students leads outgoing coach Pete Corriero to believe the program will continue to thrive under his longtime friend and colleague.“Meade’s getting a professional high school coach,” Corriero said.Under Corriero, Meade didn’t just succeed, they dominated.On top of back-to-back 4A state semifinal appearances in 2014-15 and 2015-16 — winning the state title in the first trip — the Mustangs set the Anne Arundel County record for regular season wins with 26 in 2014-15, topping Annapolis High School’s 25-win record set in the 2000-01 season.Military Twist“Meade’s a hard job,” Corriero said. “People might only see the 32 minutes during the game [and not] the 23 hours and 28 minutes that go into [preparing for a game] or the behind-the-scenes stuff. … Learning to do all that effectively — a lot of that I learned from Mike.“They’re getting the real deal, the guy that really showed me how to do it.”

Winning may not be new to Glick, but the added wrinkle of coaching at a school where roughly one in four students has active military parents — and thus could transfer in or out with a moment’s notice — is a new challenge.Glick was immediately impressed by a student who tried out just five days after transferring to Meade from Baton Rouge, La. Immediately, he said, the kid was one of the best players in the gym.“So that’s something that for Coach Glick is a little bit new,” he said.“Usually you know everyone in the school and this young man just transferred in … and has just done a tremendous job. So the transient nature of the school is something for me that’s a little different, but I’m definitely embracing it.”

Glick doesn’t have a storied relationship with the military but said his father was a Korean War veteran. So far, said Glick, he’s been warmly welcomed by the entire community.“Absolutely love the community,” he said.“I have been very, very humbled by the overall support I’ve had. Everyone’s welcomed me with open arms and it’s just been a blessing. I really like it here.“I have tremendous kids, tremendous players and I’m just very happy.”New DivisionGlick spent 12 years coaching in the Maryland 2A division at Gwynn Park in Brandywine and is familiar with the county from his time at Spalding and the local connections he’s made over the years. But coaching in the 4A division will be new territory.Coming into this season, Glick has only gone up against Broadneck and Southern high schools. Southern is the only 2A school in Anne Arundel County.He’s seen the best the state’s public school system has to offer, though, as several of Baltimore City’s vaunted basketball programs play in the 2A division.“I think because of the Baltimore City component, the 2A championship is the hardest state championship to win because Baltimore City is where the best basketball is played,” Glick said.“Not that basketball in Baltimore is better, but what’s better is the public school basketball because not as many of those players go to private schools [as county players do].”The 4A division is still not a cakewalk, and Glick said he’s been impressed with the development of county basketball over the last two decades.“There’s a lot of good youth organizations … and I think the level of coaching is excellent that I’ve seen,” he said.“I don’t think 4A is without a challenge. It’s definitely a challenge. Our goal is to win a state championship at Meade. It’s been done before. Our goal is to do it again.”Four times Glick’s Gwynn Park teams advanced to the 2A state semifinals, but each time they lost to the eventual state champion.After winning division and conference titles in the WCAC, MIAA, Baltimore Catholic League and on the college circuit, a Maryland state championship is the one piece to the puzzle that has remained elusive.“It’s always our goal every season to win a state championship,” Glick said. “It’s extremely hard to do. A lot of things have to fall into place.“It would be tremendous to be able to do that sometime before my career ends. And I would love nothing more than to do it at Meade.” 

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Mustangs ride into season

Posted by Michael Glick at Nov 30, 2018 4:00PM PST ( 0 Comments )

 

 Meade High School boys’ and girls’ basketball teams are set to begin the season with hopes of building on successful campaigns the year before.There will be changes and challenges for each team to meet.On the boys’ side, Mike Glick comes in to take over for outgoing coach Pete Corriero, who took the Mustangs to back-to-back 4A state championship games in 2014 and 2015, winning the first championship in school history the first trip.“[Corriero] came in and won a state championship after they hadn’t won one in over 40 years [of existence],” said Glick, who retained Corriero’s entire coaching staff.“So I’m not trying to come in here and replace everything that’s being done.”Glick himself comes in with an impressive resume.Entering his 26th year as a basketball coach, Glick has overseen successful high school programs at Archbishop Spalding, St. Vincent Pallotti and most recently Gwynn Park, where he coached the last 12 seasons.“Coming into a new program, every season is different, whether you’re at the same school or a different school,” Glick said. “Coming into Meade, we only have one person who played last year.“I’m trying to keep a lot of things that Coach ‘C’ kept in place. But it’s more of a reload-rebuild. We’re going to play with six sophomores and a freshman, so it’s a very young team.”That returning player is senior forward Tre’ Dunn, whom Glick called “without question” the Mustangs’ best player.“A lot of our success will fall upon Tre,” Glick said. “He’s been a great leader to the younger players — highly intelligent kid. There’s no question he’ll play at the next level. I’ve been very impressed with him.”Counting On YouthGlick praised sophomore point guard TJ Speight, who established his place on the team after Corriero brought him up from JV late last season.“I think he’s going to be one of the premier up-and-coming guards in the county,” he said. “I think he’ll kind of burst onto the scene.”Guard Andre Campbell has also turned heads, Glick said. He will be just the third freshman Glick has tapped for a varsity squad in his entire coaching career.Beyond Speight and Campbell, Glick said he has several young guys who have the potential to step up.“Without question, the make-or-break factor [for our season] is getting better every day,” he said. “If we can get better every day and we’re playing our best basketball at the end of the season, we can definitely make a run.”Glick has made his name as a defensive coach. Cornerstones of his system include pressing, trapping and incorporating multiple defenses, he said.But perhaps the biggest shift in strategy will be Glick’s zone schemes.“I probably play a lot more zone than Meade has played in the past,” Glick said. “I’ve always been a zone coach, definitely play variations of zones. That’ll be a little bit different, whereas [Corriero] was more of a man-to-man guy. There will be a lot of zone pressure.”Besides buying into his system, the Mustangs will have to learn quick under Glick, whose philosophy is to “throw them to the wolves,” he said.To that end, Meade has scrimmaged against Baltimore City College and Zadok Magruder High School and will wrap up its preseason against Frederick Douglass (Prince George’s) before the season tips off with a road game against Oxon Hill on Dec. 6.Each of those programs has at least one state championship game appearance since the turn of the century and boasts seven championships between them during that same time frame.“A lot of this is going to show them what it takes, the hard knocks,” Glick said. “Can they get better? Can they get stronger? I really think they can, and if they do, I think you’ll see a lot of the younger players grow up very, very quickly. By the time we get to January and February, we could be playing some good ball.”

Veteran coach Glick looks to maintain tradition of winning at Meade 

by Bob Hough July 28, 2018 

There’s plenty of reasons why veteran basketball coach Mike Glick would pursue a job like that of head coach of the Meade boys basketball team.The Mustangs have been one of the top teams in the county over the last decade and are just a few years removed from a state title and back-to-back appearances in the state final. Plus, competing in the Class 4A East Region might not be as daunting as the Class 2A South Region, which includes a lot of the Baltimore City schools. Six times in his 12 years at Gwynn Park in Prince George’s County, Glick’s teams fell in the playoffs to the eventual state champion.From a competitive standpoint, those were some solid reasons for Glick to pursue the job following the resignation of Pete Corriero.Just like anyone else looking for a new job, another factor came into play.“I had no expectations to leave Gwynn Park,” Glick said. “The main reason I left was the distance to the school.”Glick, who has 481 wins in his 25 years as a head coach, was hired as the Mustangs’ new coach on May 4.

He replaces Corriero, who stepped down in March following nine years where he led the team to one of its best stretches of success since the program began under legendary coach Butch Young in 1977.“We are very excited to announce the hire of Michael Glick as the new head coach of the Meade boys’ basketball program,” athletic director Kevin Rutledge said in a statement. “With 481 career wins in his 25 years as a head coach, Coach Glick has been instrumental in some of the strongest programs in the state. There’s no doubt that Coach Glick will continue the long standing traditions and standards set in place by Pete Corriero and Butch Young before him.”Living in Clarksville in Howard County, Glick’s commute to Gwynn Park was roughly an hour each way. He was a teacher at the school for 13 years and coached the basketball team the last 12. He’s moving to Gambrills over the summer, giving him a much shorter commute.“The drive was brutal. It just seemed like it got longer and longer each year,” Glick said. “I love Gwynn Park and it really saddens me to leave, but I’m very excited to be at Meade.”  

Glick has a 481-235 (.672) record in his 25 years at Gwynn Park, Archbishop Spalding and St. Vincent Pallotti. In addition to his 12 seasons at Gwynn Park, he coached at Archbishop Spalding for seven years and Pallotti for six. He won at least 122 games at each school and suffered just two losing seasons in his career. His teams won 20 or more games 11 times.“At Spalding, there were unbelievable expectations,” said Glick, who has coached three players who’ve gone on to play in the NBA, including Rudy Gay, who played at Spalding and the University of Connecticut prior to his NBA career. “When I was at Pallotti, the program was down and we got our heads banged in for a couple years, but we turned it around.”Glick began his career at Pallotti in 1993 and led the Panthers to the WCAC Division II championship in his second year. He moved on to Spalding in 1999 and led the Cavaliers to Baltimore Catholic League titles two of his first three years, while also winning a pair of Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference regular-season championships and a tournament title. He won another MIAA championship in 2004.He moved on to Gwynn Park in 2006 and led the Yellow Jackets to four region titles, which included an appearance in the state final in 2010. His most recent region title came in 2016, when the Yellow Jackets finished 16-1 in conference play and 24-3 overall. Glick’s best season at Gwynn Park was in 2007-2008 when the team finished 20-0 in the conference and 25-2 overall.

At Meade, he inherits a team which has just one returning player. After three straight losing seasons under Corriero, the Mustangs went 119-34 in his final six years and won no fewer than 17 games each year. Meade advanced to the Class 4A East Region Section I final last year and came within a few seconds of knocking off Old Mill, which went on to win the region.“I’m so proud of Pete’s accomplishments at Meade. He took the program to another level,” Glick said. “My goal is to maintain what he built. He did remarkable things at Meade. He laid the foundation. I’m really excited to be at Meade and I plan on staying for a long time.” 

BRANDYWINE – After 12 seasons of coaching at Gwynn Park High School, Boys Basketball Head Coach Michael Glick will be leaving the program to stay close to home. Glick will be the new head coach at Meade Senior High School. 

“It is bittersweet I tell you, I hate to leave Gwynn Park, and I’m really sad to leave, but I have a fantastic opportunity to be the coach at Meade, and it’s 10 minutes away from my home,” Glick said. 

Glick currently has an hour commute to work at Gwynn Park, and the new opportunity at Meade is more convenient for him. 

For the last nine seasons, Pete Corriero was the head coach at Meade. He leaves behind the accomplishment of leading the program to their first state championship in 2015.

“Pete was my JV coach at Gwynn Park, and he is very young and accomplished so much at Meade since he has been in the program,” Glick said. 

Glick is entering his 26th season coaching, and he is making his fourth coaching change. He coached at St. Vincent Palloti from 1993-1999, Archbishop Spalding from 1999-2006 and spent 12 years coaching at Gwynn Park before accepting the offer at Meade.For the past 12 years, Glick led Gwynn Park to four regional championships, four league titles and one county championship. Glick is coming off a 12-12 record this past season losing to Lake Clifton High School by the score of 72-39 in the playoffs. 

“The community is what I will miss the most,” Glick said about leaving the Gwynn Park program. “I was also a social studies teacher, and I will always have love for Gwynn Park, but I’m geeked for the job at Meade, and this is opportunity.”Glick stated that this would most likely be the last coaching position that he will hold.Justin Faison who averaged 23 points last year for Gwynn Park said he expects great things from Glick at Meade.“He was a great coach, and he helped change me into the player I am now,” said Faison who now plays for Elizabeth City State University. With the confidence he instilled in me, I was able to be a complete point guard at the high school level.”He wishes the best of luck to Glick at Meade.

Another student-athlete who played alongside Faison in 2015 was Isaiah Miles. He was the second-leading scorer for Gwynn Park at 14 points per game that season.“He is a coach I always dreamed about playing for, he taught us team basketball as you saw for senior year with the run we had and even if times were down he always believed we could bounce back,” Miles said.“As a coach and playing for him, he always wanted what was best for you. The main thing that Coach Glick taught us was comradery. You are not just playing for yourself, it is a team game.”Miles said the new head coach has some shoes to fill, but Glick has left a lasting legacy at Gwynn Park.

 

DCW50 MVP: Justin Faison

School: Gwynn Park High School

Sport: Basketball

School District: Prince George's County

BRANDYWINE, Md. -- Justin Faison had a senior season to remember. He averaged 22 points and 5 assists per game.

His Gwynn Park Yellow Jackets team didn't do as well last year's team which made the Maryland State Finals Final Four but coaches said Faison deserves recognition for upping his game during his senior season while leading a young group of players through and up and down season.