Hall of Fame
Skiing (1971-73)
Glenn Jobe grew up on a cattle ranch in Alturas, Calif., and joined the Wolf Pack where he lettered alpine skiing in 1971 and 1972 and began cross country skiing in 1972-73. A two-time team captain, he won the Western Collegiate Racing Championship in 1972-73, going undefeated against Western Collegiate competition. A two-time Wolf Pack ski team captain, he also won the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate Championship in cross country skiing in 1973 and was a qualifier for the 1973 NCAA Championships. After finishing his Wolf Pack career, he began attending cross country races in the region and met a biathlon coach in 1975. He served as a member of the U.S. Cross Country Team from 1976-81, racing in the 1978 and 1979 Biathlon World Championships. He qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic Team in biathlon in 1980 and competed in the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y., finishing 38th. The following year, he also won the U.S. title at the 20-kilometer biathlon distance in 1981. Jobe continued to coach skiers and started and designed the trail systems for the cross-country ski areas at Tahoe Donner and Kirkwood. He now lives in Sierraville where he helps out at his neighbor’s ranch and continues to coach, running the biathlon program at the ASC Training Center run by the Auburn Ski Club.
