Lanham comes to Purdue after four years at the University of North Carolina, where he worked primarily with the middle to upper weight classes and coordinated the Tarheels' recruiting efforts.
"Glen brings outstanding credentials and a wealth of coaching experience to our program," said Hinkel. "He fills a great need in the assistance he will bring to our middle weight classes, and we're very excited to have as a part of the Purdue wrestling team."
In his time in Chapel Hill, Lanham tutored four Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Champions and nine NCAA Championships qualifiers. He also went to great lengths to improve the Tarheels' program, bringing in an Intermat Wrestling Top-25 recruiting class in 2006-07. Prior to UNC, Lanham worked as a high school teacher and wrestling coach in Oklahoma from 1991-2003. He was at Midwest City High School for seven years, where he mentored several state champions and sent them on to prestigious college programs. While at Midwest City, he was also volunteering his time at Oklahoma University with several All-Americans.
Lanham served as a graduate assistant at Oklahoma State University (OSU) from 1988-1991, helping the Cowboys to a pair of NCAA Championships. As a college competitor, he garnered All-American honors at both OSU and the University of Tennessee, where he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in human service with an emphasis in juvenile counseling in August of 1988. He competed internationally post-college as a member of the Sunkist Kids team and was freestyle wrestling All-American.
"I'm very excited about my opportunities at Purdue," said Lanham. "It will be great to reunite with my former teammate Tom Erikson and work with Scott Hinkel. It's an honor to work within a premier conference like the Big Ten and I'm looking forward to recruiting against the other teams in the region. I'm proud to be a part of the direction that Purdue wrestling is heading."
A native of Lindenhurst, New York, Lanham and his wife Melanie will join the Boilermakers in West Lafayette in August.
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