Glass returning home as JA’s grid head coach
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January 25, 2025
Brett Glass gives a Jonathan Alder player instructions during his first stint as the Pioneers’ head football coach. Glass is returning to the JA grid helm after serving as Dublin Jerome’s head coach for the past four seasons. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)

Glass returning home as JA’s grid head coach

By Tim Miller 

“It’s home.”

Those words explain why Brett Glass has returned as Jonathan Alder High School’s head football coach.

Glass, a 2003 graduate of Jonathan Alder, is returning to his Plain City roots after serving four seasons as the gridiron boss at Dublin Jerome.

A seven-year stint as JA’s head c...

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JA’s Bentley named CBC Kenton Trail boys cager of year; NU athletes earn first-team honors in Mad River
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