When Glenn Wilkes, Jr. took over the reigns of the Rollins women's basketball program in 1986, there was little doubt that he had the background to develop into a successful collegiate coach, but his accomplishments as the Tars' leader have been even greater than could have been imagined. After 26 seasons leading the program, Wilkes has built Rollins into a Sunshine State Conference and national contender year in and year out.

The program reached new heights in 2011-12, winning its 13^th Sunshine State Conference regular season championship, seventh SSC Tournament title and, for the first time in school history, winning the NCAA Division II South Region Championship. The Tars did so as the top seed on their home floor, culminating in a thrilling victory over Valdosta State in the final game. In the Elite Eight for the first time, Rollins beat Lander in the opening round before falling to eventual national champion Shaw in the semifinals. Rollins finished the year 28-6 overall and 12-4 in SSC play. They continued to make Warden Arena one of the toughest places to play in the south, going 18-1 in the friendly confines.

Wilkes heads into the 2012-13 season within reach of multiple career milestones.  

His career record of 581-189 is the seventh-winningest active mark in Division II and is seventh in total victories. In 2013, Wilkes will look to become just the sixth coach in Division II history to reach 600 wins.  

Along with leading the Tars to 13 Sunshine State Conference regular season titles, seven SSC Tournament championships, 12 NCAA postseason appearances and one Elite Eight, in 2007 Wilkes was honored as the Sunshine State Conference Silver Anniversary Top Coach of the First 25-Years.

Wilkes has coached six All-America honorees (Kim Tayrien, Kenya Storr, Jill Razor, Joslyn Giles, Larissa McDonough, Ashley Jones), and four SSC Players of the Year (Razor-twice, Storr, Giles). Tars have been named First Team All-SSC 27-times under Wilkes' watch.

After posting only two winning records in the 15 seasons prior to his arrival, the Tars have registered winning seasons all 26 years under Wilkes, including 19 years with at least 20 wins.

Wilkes was named the head coach in 1986 and led the Tars to a 21-6 record in his first season. As an encore, the Tars captured their first SSC regular season and conference tournament titles, posting a record of 26-3 on the year. Rollins again raised the trophy the next three seasons and in 1995 earned the program's first bid to NCAA postseason play.

The program again reached new heights in 2000 as the Tars won their third straight SSC title advanced to the South Region Championship game and finished the year ranked 10^th in the nation. In 2001, Rollins was ranked as high at sixth in the country, led by senior Jill Razor who became the Tars' all-time leading scorer.

Rollins was again in the national spotlight in 2004, winning the SSC regular season and tournament titles and hosting the South Region Tournament as the No. 1 seed. The Tars advanced to the finals, but were turned back by Henderson State. In that season, the program records for wins (29) and winning streak (21) were set.

Wilkes 2005-06 campaign re-wrote the record books as the Tars completed the school's and SSC's first-ever undefeated season, going 26-0.  Rollins easily captured the SSC regular season title and advanced to the tournament finals before falling in a heartbreaker.  They earned a berth into the NCAA Division II South Region Tournament, but were bounced out in the first round.  Wilkes filled up his personal trophy case after being named SSC Coach of the Year for the ninth time, South Region Coach of the Year and, for the first time in his career, WBCA NCAA Division II National Coach of the Year.

Wilkes is known as one of the top defense coaches in the country as the Tars regularly rank in the top-10 in scoring defense and defense field goal percentage.

Successful collegiate coaching is nothing new to the Wilkes family as Glenn is the son of former Stetson University Head Coach and Florida Hall of Fame member Glenn Wilkes Sr. The duo has combined for more than 1,000 wins and during last season, Wilkes Jr. passed his father's career win total of 551, amassed during a 38-year tenure at Stetson. A number of those wins came during the four seasons in which the younger Wilkes spent as a player for his father.  A four-year letterman and the one time holder of the Stetson single game assist record, Wilkes was a starter on Stetson teams that defeated powerhouses including Marquette, Southwestern Louisiana and South Carolina.

Following his playing career, Wilkes served as a student assistant at Stetson for one year.  He then worked as an account executive for United Stationers, the country's largest wholesaler of office supplies and was the Houston Division Salesman-of-the-Year in 1983.

Wilkes married former Rollins College All-American basketball star Kim Tayrien in August of 1992.  She currently teaches at Winter Park High School.  They are the parents of two boys, Wyatt and Van