Glenn Hermann was born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota, graduating from Roosevelt High School in 1965. Following high school, he enlisted in the United States Army, spending his entire military career in Alaska. He was honorably discharged in 1969.

While in Alaska, Hermann served as chauffeur for the Commanding General of the US Army in Alaska and married his high school sweetheart, Sharolyn Johnson.

Hermann earned a bachelor's degree at Harding University, graduating with honors in 1974. He then completed a master's degree in apologetics at Harding Graduate School of Religion in Memphis, Tennessee.

In 1980, Glenn moved his family from Minneapolis to Homer, Alaska, where he and his wife raised two sons and a daughter. They recently celebrated their forty-seventh anniversary and the birth of their seventh grandchild. Hermann currently resides in Anchorage, Alaska, surrounded by children and grandchildren. He loves Alaska and is an avid outdoorsman and sportsman.