One of the founders of the MAC, Coach Glenn Wells was a championship football, baseball, and basketball coach at Heidelberg, LaSalle High in Olla, Louisiana, and Northeast Jones. A native of Laurel, Coach Wells had a distinguished 25-year coaching career. His first coaching job was at Heidelberg High where he worked for 14 years leading the football, baseball, and basketball squads. His Oilers football teams rolled up a mark of 60 wins, 50 losses, and 2 ties while winning three Rebel Conference titles in 1960, 1961, and 1962. His baseball teams claimed four Rebel Conference championships. Glenn coached for one season in 1964 at LaSalle High in Olla, Louisiana, before returning to Mississippi to Northeast Jones in 1965. He would coach the Tigers for 11 seasons leading his football team to the 1970 and 1974 DeSoto Conference championships. His basketball teams were just as successful racking up a record of 446 wins and 276 losses. While at Northeast Jones, his trademark was his black and gold van with a Tiger mascot. Overall, Glenn’s football teams had a record of 156 wins, 101 losses, and 7 ties. Coach Wells was named Rebel Conference Coach of the Year for football three times in 1960, 1961, and 1962 and he was selected as DeSoto Conference Coach of the Year in 1970. Glenn served as an assistant football coach in the 1969 Bernard Blackwell All-Star football classic game. Glenn was instrumental in the founding and organization of the MAC. He served as MAC president in the 1963-64 term. Coach Wells closed out his years in education serving as supervising principal at South Jones. Glenn was a member, deacon, and Sunday School teacher at Highland Baptist Church. He was former minister of music at Sandersville Baptist Church and he was a member of the Gideons. Coach Wells passed away on August 19, 2006.