Eastern Oklahoma State College has a newly renovated, 4,800-square-foot athletic training center for student athletes. Located inside the west end of the C.C. Dunlap Field House, the Glen Stone Athletic Training Center is named after longtime EOSC track and field coach Glen Stone. 

Coach Stone, who passed away in 2018 at the age of 83, became a local and national coaching legend in the track and field community during his 20-year tenure at Eastern. Between 1968 and 1988, Stone won 10 junior college national championships, was named the NJCAA Coach of the Year six times and coached 192 All-Americans.

A 1953 graduate of McAlester High School, Stone was a gifted athlete who competed in football, basketball, baseball and track for the Buffaloes. He graduated with academic and athletic scholarships and continued his education at Oklahoma Baptist University, Oklahoma State University and the University of Central Oklahoma.

Throughout his 40-year career, Stone left a lasting legacy at each of the high schools, colleges and universities where he served as a teacher, coach or athletic director. He left his mark in Edmond, McAlester and Shawnee, as well as Eastern, OBU and the University of Nebraska. At his alma mater, he led the McAlester High School track and field team to a state runner-up finish in 1966 and state championships in 1967 and 1968.

His track and field accomplishments led him to be recognized with a number of honors. He has been named to several Halls of Fame, including NJCAA Track Coaches Association, Oklahoma Coaches Association, Oklahoma Baptist University and McAlester High School.

Glen Stone Athletic Training Center