Lourdes High School to honor former girls basketball coach, Myron Glass, on Friday

(ABC 6 News) – Rochester Catholic Schools announced that Lourdes High School will honor former girls basketball coach, Myron Glass, on Friday.

The program will take place before the varsity girls basketball game. It will include a tribute video starting at approximately 6:30 p.m. The game is expected to start at 7:15 p.m.

Special t-shirts honoring Glass will be sold at the game and all proceeds will go towards his newly established scholarship with the Lourdes Foundation.

Glass passed away in October 2022 at the age of 78.

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Glass gained statewide recognition during his 30-year-tenure as the Lourdes High School girls basketball coach. During that time, Glass’ teams won 719 games and eight state championships, the second-highest among Minnesota girls’ basketball coaches. 

Glass was inducted into the Minnesota High School Basketball Hall of Fame in 2018.