Allen Greene

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Allen Greene
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Greene in 2019
Current position
TitleSenior deputy athletics director
Team Ole Miss
Conference SEC
Biographical details
Born (1977-04-10) April 10, 1977 (age 46)
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Playing career
1996–1998 Notre Dame
1998 Oneonta Yankees
1999 Greensboro Bats
2000 Tampa Yankees
2001 Elmira Pioneers
Position(s) Outfield
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2009–2012 Ole Miss (Assistant AD)
2012–2015 Buffalo (Deputy AD)
2015–2018Buffalo
2018–2022 Auburn
2022–presentOle Miss (deputy AD)

Claude Allen Greene IV, [1] (born April 10, 1977) is the former director of athletics for Auburn University from 2018 to 2022. [2] [3] He previously served as athletic director for the University at Buffalo, [4] [5] [6] and as assistant athletic director for the University of Mississippi. Greene attended college at the University of Notre Dame, and was a two-year starter on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish baseball team. [7] He was a ninth-round draft pick of the New York Yankees in the 1998 Major League Baseball draft, and went on to a four-year career in the minor leagues for the Yankees, playing for the Oneonta Yankees, Greensboro Bats, Tampa Yankees, and Elmira Pioneers. [7] He grew up in Bellevue, Washington and attended O'Dea High School in Seattle, playing baseball and basketball, graduating 1995. [8]

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References

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