New charges filed against Junction City man, longtime area basketball coach

A longtime area basketball coach faces new charges in Lane County after previously being indicted in Clackamas County on charges of luring a minor and online sexual corruption of a child.

Glenn William Norris, 56, was charged Monday, Nov. 9, in Lane County with luring a minor and two counts of first-degree encouraging child sexual abuse.

Norris was the head girls basketball coach for the 2025-26 school year at Cascade High School in Turner. His contract was not renewed at the end of the year. 

In 2025, Norris was girls program director for Albany Elite youth basketball, and over the years also coached boys or girls basketball as an assistant or head coach at Elmira High School and Junction City High School, according to his Cascade High application materials, released to Lookout Eugene-Springfield following a records request. 

Norris also was the head boys coach from 2004 to 2009 at Monroe High School.

Both luring cases involve a law enforcement officer posing as someone underage, according to court documents. 

An affidavit dated Nov. 9 describes an undercover FBI agent communicating with a user on the social media platform Kik about having sex with the decoy’s purported 11-year-old daughter. The Kik username used to communicate with the FBI agent matched that used in the Clackamas County case and is linked to Norris, according to the affidavit.

Oregon State Police obtained from the FBI a text message string along with two videos, according to the affidavit. The two counts of encouraging child sexual abuse involve duplicating or disseminating a visual recording of sexually explicit conduct involving a child, according to court documents.

The affidavits filed in Lane County do not specify when the text messages or videos were sent, but the formal charging document filed by the Lane County District Attorney’s office states the alleged luring took place in September 2024 and the child sexual abuse material duplicated or disseminated in November 2024.

Oregon State Police arrested Norris May 27, and he was released on $150,000 bond, according to Clackamas County Circuit Court records. To be released, Norris was required to post 10%, or $15,000. His case in Clackamas County remains pending, and an arrest warrant has been issued for Norris in connection with the charges he faces in Lane County.