Glenn "Bo" Overton (born July 9, 1960) is an American basketball coach who is currently the head women's basketball coach at

Oklahoma Baptist University Oklahoma Baptist University (OBU) is a private Baptist university in Shawnee, Oklahoma. It was established in 1910 under the original name of The Baptist University of Oklahoma. OBU is owned and was founded by the Baptist General Convention of ...

. Prior to OBU, he was coaching in the

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Early life and education

Born in

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, Overton was the 1979 Oklahoma High School Basketball Player of the Year as a senior at Ada High School. Overton played at the

University of Oklahoma The University of Oklahoma (OU) is a Public university, public research university in Norman, Oklahoma, United States. Founded in 1890, it had existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two territories became the ...

from 1980 to 1983, and was a starting

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. At the end of his career, he held school records for free throw percentage, assists and games played.

Professional playing career

He was selected by the

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in the

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. He played for the Toronto Tornadoes of the

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in the 1984–85 season, then was an assistant coach for that team, which by then moved to

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, in the 1985–86 season.

Coaching career

He was the head coach and athletic director at

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from 1989 to 1991. Overton was a men's basketball assistant coach at

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(1987 to 1988 and 1991 to 1993), Texas State (1993 to 1994), and

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(1994 to 1998) as a men's assistant coach. Overton returned to his alma mater to coach

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under

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. The Sooners played in the

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. After OU he was the head coach at UMKC. On December 12, 2006, Overton resigned from UMKC to become head coach for the

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of the WNBA. He resigned on March 12, 2008, following a 14–20 season. Overton was a consultant to the WNBA's

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from 2008 to 2009. From 2009 to 2010, he was an assistant coach for the

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women's national basketball team. Overton then coached for

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of the

(WCBA) from 2011 to 2012. Overton then coached the

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during the

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, then the Guangdong Dragons of the WCBA in the 2012–13 season and

Dynamo Kursk WBC Dynamo Kursk () is a Russian professional women's basketball club from Kursk playing in the Russian Women's Basketball Premier League, Russian Premier League. They won their first EuroCup Women, FIBA Eurocup title in 2012. In the 2016–17 se ...

of the

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in 2013–14. In 2015, Overton became head women's basketball coach at

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. He would lead Oklahoma City to a NAIA national championship in the 2016–17 season and named coach of the year. On March 16, 2020, Overton was named the head coach at

Head coaching record

College

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