By Wyatt Miller
LONG BEACH, Calif. – Everett Glenn, current Business of Student Success (BOSS) CEO and Executive Director, has spent his life fighting to uplift under-resourced people.
He introduced policies as a government official in Long Beach that opened doors for under-served businesses, was the first attorney to negotiate eight-figure contracts for NBA and NFL draft picks and wrote exposés for the "HuffPost" about the inequities of the collegiate athletics economy. Those experiences, and more, cultivated a lifelong desire to help others and led to the creation of BOSS.
"Our mission is to inspire, equip, and empower Black, Latino, and under-resourced boys to move from passengers to drivers in their own lives, mastering six foundational pillars — Mental, Emotional, Social, Physical, Economic, and Spiritual excellence — the time-tested Good-to-Great principles that sharpen them into leaders and the excellence we showcase regularly," Glenn said.
Glenn heads a BOSS company that gives kids the tools to chase any future they want to attain. The company was born, he said, through one simple conviction: "a boy's ZIP code must never determine his destiny."
After his successful law career brought about aid to people in different walks of life, Glenn founded BOSS in 2017 to help affect change at the ground level, and has worked tirelessly to achieve the company's goals and grow their outreach. The Rams recently honored Glenn as a "pLAymaker" in the community, and presented him with a $5,000 check made out to BOSS Programs.
"We are a movement turning statistics into success stories, turning obstacles into stepping-stones, and turning our boys into the catalysts our cities have been waiting for," Glenn said.
According to Glenn, 69 out of 71 seniors enrolled in the program have graduated over the past six years, producing a number of college students, including attendees of Stanford and UCLA. They've established nearly 1,000 on-demand tutoring sessions in a single year to help improve students' grades and the discipline needed to maintain them.
Students who once dreaded math outperformed district peers by double-digit margins. Some even coded an MIT-award-winning mobile safety app called "Safe Encounter."
This happened through thoughtful teaching and dedicated mentors who care about more than just numbers and statistics, but of nurturing the potential of every student.
"When a BOSS coach meets his squad for their weekly check-in, he isn't just reviewing homework," Glenn said. "He's installing vision, teaching how compound interest works, how empathy builds teams, how faith steadies storms and how service lifts communities."
Glenn felt that if he "could wrestle fairness into a contract or a city ordinance," then he could do it for young kids to help the next generation create their own success in a system that's often pitted against them. For Glenn, that starts with instilling a sense of genuine belief and access to necessary resources and knowledge.
"Real, lasting change starts eye-to-eye," Glenn said. "Spend time where the need is — tutoring at the neighborhood school, stocking shelves at the food pantry, coaching the kids who hang around the park after dark. When you see the challenge up close, you'll know exactly where your own skills fit.
"Maybe you code, maybe you paint murals, maybe you're the one person who can translate spreadsheets into plain English; whatever your lane is, lead with it. People rally around authenticity, not generic good intentions, so bring what you do best to a cause that matters."
Glenn has always held a strong connection to the sports world. For over 20 years, he was a certified contract advisor whose clients included 13 first round draft picks in the NBA and NFL and three inductees into the NFL Hall of Fame, according to the BOSS website.
"Every deal was about more than dollars," Glenn said. "It was about forcing a system to treat young Black talent with the dignity it too often withholds. That fight for a level playing field sharpened my sense of justice, so when I traded locker rooms for op-eds, the pen simply replaced the briefcase"
Glenn then became the first Black attorney in the Office of the City Attorney for the City of Long Beach, according to the BOSS website. He led the charge on ensuring compliance by developers with Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Act of 1968 on over $150 million in affordable housing projects.
He also authored the Small Business Enterprise Program for the Port of Long Beach, the nation's busiest port, to promote participation of small business concerns in port spending. Then, he moved to San Francisco and joined District Counsel for the U.S. Small Business Administration, followed by a stint at one of the 100 largest law firms in the country: Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe.
All those accomplishments were part of a fulfilling career of service that has culminated in the creation of BOSS. Although he's gotten plenty of previous accreditation, Glenn is still proud to receive any recognition for his passion of implementing change in under-resourced communities.
"Being named a 2025 pLAymaker by the Los Angeles Rams is both a humbling honor and a powerful charge," Glenn said. "It tells a kid from South Central — who like me once stared down every statistical reason to fail — that his journey can become a playbook for thousands of other young men searching for their lane. The Rams are spotlighting Kenny Washington's legacy of breaking barriers; they're also saying, 'Everett, your work through BOSS is how that legacy lives on today.'
"Just as Kenny Washington once shattered the NFL's color barrier in a Rams jersey, we're breaking barriers of opportunity: every tutoring session echoes Aaron Donald's relentless pursuit, every mentoring call mirrors Cooper Kupp's precision route(s), and every college acceptance rings like a win at SoFi (Stadium). Rams House knows momentum can swing a game; together we can swing a generation — turning Sunday's roar into Monday's scholarships and lifelong drive."
