Paul Glagola's relationship with the National Football Foundation has spanned more than three decades, beginning in 1991 when he was named the
Greater Baltimore Chapter's Grand Prize Scholar-Athlete and subsequently became the NFF's first Eastern Region National High School Scholar-Athlete.
Glagola returned to the
Greater Baltimore Chapter in 2003, serving as president from 2006-17 and helping oversee one of the NFF Chapter Network's largest scholar-athlete recognition programs. During his tenure, the chapter's annual banquet honored more than 80 scholar-athletes each year before crowds exceeding 1,000 and awarded $20,000 annually in scholarships.
Founded in 1961, the
Greater Baltimore Chapter has long been a leader in promoting amateur football throughout Baltimore and the surrounding region. The branch staged its first annual Scholar-Athlete Awards Dinner in 1964, and it annually recognizes a scholar-athlete from each football-playing high school in Baltimore City and Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Harford and Howard counties. More than 3,900 scholar-athletes have been honored through the years, with more than 56,000 people attending the event and over $570,000 in scholarships awarded.
Glagola's contributions have extended beyond the chapter level. He served on the NFF Chapter Council of Presidents and the NFF District Screening Committee for the College Football Hall of Fame, and he helped facilitate a partnership between Under Armour and the national organization.
A 1995 graduate of the University of Virginia, Glagola played quarterback for the Cavaliers before serving as a student assistant and later a graduate assistant coach under NFF College Football Hall of Fame coach George Welsh through 1998.
Professionally, Glagola serves as vice president of client integration at Thrive Networks, a global managed services provider specializing in IT, cloud and AI solutions.
