Ron Greene
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| Ron Greene | ||
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| Sport | Basketball | |
| Born | 1939 | |
| Place of birth | Terre Haute, Indiana | |
| Career highlights | ||
| Overall | 317-230 | |
| Awards | ||
| 1978 AP Southestern Conference Coach of the Year | ||
| Playing career | ||
| 1960-1962 | Murray State | |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1965-1966 1966-1969 1969–1977 1977–1978 1978–1985 1985-1989 1991 1992-1999 2008-present |
Loyola University New Orleans (asst.) Loyola University New Orleans University of New Orleans Mississippi State Murray State Indiana State Nashville Stars (WBL) Calloway County High School Murray High School |
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Ron Greene is an American basketball coach. He is the current head coach of the Murray High School boys basketball team]. He had previously served a head coach of three Division I college basketball teams as well as teams in Division II, the World Basketball League, and in high school.
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[edit] Early Career
Greene's coaching career began in 1965 where he was an assistant coach at Loyola University New Orleans. The team went 9-17 in his only season as an assistant before being promoted to the head coaching position. He spent two seasons as the Wolfpack head coach before leaving to coach at the University of New Orleans, then known as LSU-New Orleans.
[edit] University of New Orleans
Greene was hired by UNO when the school began incollegiate varsity competition in 1969-70 season. He compiled a 149-64 (.700) record in eight seasons. Four of his teams qualified for NCAA tournaments. The Privateers finished fourth in 1974 Division II tourney and second in the 1975 tourney. Greene paved the way for the Privateers’ move to Division I in the 1975-76 season. [1]
[edit] Mississippi State University
Greene only spent the 1977–1978 season with the Bulldogs. That year, the Bulldogs finished with a 18-9 record. [2] Several hours after The Associated Press had named Ron Greene the Southeastern Conference basketball coach of the year and the Mississippi state board had voted him a $7500 raise, Greene announced he was leaving the job to become coach of his alma mater Murray State. [3]
[edit] Murray State University
After managing only 4 wins in his first season in Murray, Greene coached the Racers to 23 wins the following year and an appearance in the National Invitation Tournament. The Racers knocked off Jacksonville and Alabama before losing to Illinois 65-63 in the Quarterfinals [4]. Greene’s Racers would reach the NIT twice more before he left in 1985. His overall record at Murray was 119-78. While at the Racer helm, Greene coached Racer greats, such as Gary Hooker and Lamont Sleets. [5]
[edit] Indiana State University
Greene returned to his native Terre Haute in 1985 when he became head coach of the Indiana State Sycamores. Greene inherited a young team and finished 11-17 in his first seasons as head coach. [6] The team, however never matched this success and Greene resigned after a 4-24 1988-1989 season. His overall record at ISU was 31-79 [7].
One of Ron’s players was Eddie Bird, brother of Larry Bird. [8]
[edit] Later Career
Greene was head coach of the Nashville Stars during the 1991 WBL season. The Stars went 23-28 in their first and only season of existence. [9] He resigned in July of 1991 to become the 12th head coach at Calloway County High School. [10] His tenure at Calloway County started rough, including a 16 game losing streak in his first season. Greene posted a few good seasons for the Lakers including a 23-6 season as well as two 17-9 seasons, spending 8 years at Calloway. [11]. He resigned following the 1999 season and former Murray State and Western Kentucky player Terry Birdsong took over. [12] He returned to coaching in 2008 when he was named head coach at Murray High School. With taking this post, Greene has coached all three schools in Calloway County Kentucky. Ron's daughter, Becky English and her husband Mark work in the Calloway County School District and are both involved with basketball.]
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