Dr. Glada Munt began what has become a highly decorated career at Southwestern University in the fall of 1975 as the women’s volleyball and tennis coach.

What started as an entry-level job that also saw her serve as an assistant professor in kinesiology, blossomed into a lifetime career and association with the University.

Dr. Munt focused on volleyball as her area of excellence compiling a career record of 554-301 during a 20-year coaching career. Her volleyball teams earned nine NAIA National Championship appearances and finished in the top 10 seven times including a runner-up finish in 1981.

She led the Pirates to six NAIA District and Bi-District Championships during a career that continues on the administration side today. Dr. Munt coached an impressive 20 NAIA all-America and Academic all-America student-athletes as she developed Pirate volleyball into a national power.

For her efforts she was honored as Coach of the Year in 1981, 1986 and 1988, as well as an induction into the NAIA Hall of Fame at the 1990 National Championship in Hawaii. In 1986 she was selected for a coaching apprenticeship with the U.S. Olympic team.

Dr. Munt has served as the President of the NAIA Coaches Association and on the USVBA Board of Directors (1984-88 Olympic Quadrennial) and numerous other committees on behalf of Southwestern.

She was appointed Director of Athletics at Southwestern in 1995 and was named as the NACDA Under Armour Athletic Director of the Year Division III West Region in 2009 and NACWAA Administrator of the Year Division III in 2006. She was selected by the Institute for International Sports as a 2005 Sports Ethics Fellow.

For her extensive influence on Southwestern University Dr. Munt received the Joe S. Mundy Award for Exemplary Service in 2004, Pearl A. Neas Award for outstanding service to Southwestern and was inducted into Southwestern University's Athletic Hall of Fame in 2004.

Dr. Munt is a member of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), Women Leaders in College Sports and the Women's Sports Foundation.

She earned a B.S. from Trinity University in 1974 and a M.S. from Baylor University in 1975. She received her Ph.D. from the University of North Texas in 1992.