Supporting Characters

Sue Sylvester is McKinley's cheerleading coach who loves being in the press. She has transformed her squad, the Cheerios, into an award-winning team. Threatened by the possibility that glee club could undermine her funding, she attempts to destroy New Directions. Principal Figgins fires her after she attempts to sabotage the glee club at Sectionals by leaking their set list to the other...

Puck is an arrogant, mohawked football player and bully who ends up joining glee club. He has a weakness for "cougars" (picked up via his pool cleaning business) and temporarily joins Mr. Schue's Acafellas in Episode 1.3 — solely to entertain married women at the PTA meeting where they perform. He sleeps with — and impregnates — his best friend Finn Hudson's girlfriend, Quinn Fabray. Although...

Terri Schuester is married to her high school sweetheart, Will Schuester. A part-time employee at Sheets 'N' Things, she is fond of crafts. And Pottery Barn. In Episode 1.6, "Vitamin D," after Sue Sylvester convinces her that Will is having an affair with Emma Pillsbury, she becomes the McKinley High nurse (with no qualifications!) so she can spy on her husband. Principal Figgins fires her when...

Mike is a football player who joins the glee club in Episode 1.4, "Preggers." Along with Brittany, he's one of the best dancers in the club.

Dave is the scary football player at McKinley High who — along with his buddy Azimio — loves bullying the members of New Directions. (We can’t imagine how much money this guy must spend on slushies to throw in people’s faces.) Dave had constantly ridiculed Kurt for his sexual orientation — and for his love of Lady Gaga — but surprisingly kisses Kurt in “Never Been Kissed,” although he threatens...

Matt is a football player who joins the glee club in Episode 1.4, "Preggers." Along with Mike Chang and Brittany, he's one of the best dancers in the club.

Shelby Corcoran is the coach of the flashy show choir Vocal Adrenaline, New Directions' main rival glee club.

Principal Figgins is the principal of McKinley High who often mediates the constant battles between Sue Sylvester and Mr. Schue. He once made a video for Mumbai Air demonstrating how to put on anti-clotting stockings. Sue attempts to blackmail him with it, until he reveals he's already put it on YouTube and it's only received two hits. Way to show her, Principal Figgins!

Ken is the head coach of the McKinley High football team who has a crush on Emma Pillsbury. They get engaged, but he ends up leaving Emma right before their wedding after realizing that she's in love with Will Schuester. This is probably for the best, considering Ken wanted Sisqo's "Thong Song" to be the theme for their wedding dance. Even worse? Ken has no toenails due to a raging case of...

Earning Sue Sylvester’s (Jane Lynch) respect isn’t easy, yet somehow Becky has managed to do just that. Becky — a student at McKinley High with Down syndrome — first appears in the Season 1 episode “Wheels,” in which she successfully auditions for the Cheerios. Later, Becky becomes Sue’s sidekick, serving as a bearer-of-bad-news or lookout when Sue does something heinous. As it turns out, two...

Burt Hummel owns a garage and was a former college football player. When Kurt comes out to him in Episode 1.4, "Preggers," he's fully accepting of his son being gay. Ryan Murphy, the co-creator and executive producer of Glee, modeled this father-son relationship after his relationship with his own father.

Carole, Finn's mother, has raised Finn by herself since her husband (Finn's father) died in Desert Storm. She had a brief fling with Darren, a "lawn specialist" from Emerald Dreams who encouraged Finn to sing.

Kendra is Terri's super-crazy sister who helps Terri conspire to "adopt" Quinn's baby. She makes Terri look sane. Kendra and her husband have triplets (all boys).

Howard works at Sheets 'N' Things with Terri Schuester, and he was a member of Will's short-lived boy band, the Acafellas.