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Biographical details | |
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Born | Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. | December 26, 1900
Died | January 1, 1960 59) Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S. | (aged
Playing career | |
Football | |
1922–1925 | Wake Forest |
Basketball | |
1922–1926 | Wake Forest |
Position(s) | Halfback (football) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Basketball | |
1926–1933 | Lexington HS |
1934–1957 | Wake Forest |
Baseball | |
1939–1942 | Wake Forest |
1945–1947 | Wake Forest |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 285–243 (college basketball) 44–37–2 (college baseball) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Basketball SoCon regular season (1939) SoCon Tournament (1953) | |
Awards | |
Basketball SoCon Coach of the Year (1953) ACC Coach of the Year (1956) | |
Murray Crossley Greason (December 26, 1900 – January 1, 1960) was an American college basketball and baseball coach. He earned 12 athletic letters as a student-athlete at Wake Forest University in baseball, basketball and football from 1922 to 1926. [1]
After graduation, Greason became a coach at Lexington High School in North Carolina. In 1934, he became head basketball coach at his alma mater, Wake Forest, to start a tenure that would last 23 seasons, during which time he compiled a record of 288–244. Greason won a Southern Conference regular season title in 1939, and a tournament title in 1953. He was also named Southern Conference Coach of the Year that season. He led Wake Forest into the Atlantic Coast Conference as a charter member in 1954 and in 1956 was named ACC Coach of the Year. Greason also coached the Wake Forest baseball team from 1940–1947. [2]
Greason was killed in an automobile accident on January 1, 1960. [1]
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Wake Forest Demon Deacons (Independent)(1933–1936) | |||||||||
1933–34 | Wake Forest | 5–9 | |||||||
1934–35 | Wake Forest | 6–10 | |||||||
1935–36 | Wake Forest | 9–12 | |||||||
Wake Forest Demon Deacons (Southern Conference)(1936–1953) | |||||||||
1936–37 | Wake Forest | 15–6 | 9–4 | 3rd | |||||
1937–38 | Wake Forest | 7–12 | 7–8 | 9th | |||||
1938–39 | Wake Forest | 18–6 | 15–3 | 1st | NCAA Elite Eight | ||||
1939–40 | Wake Forest | 13–9 | 10–5 | 4th | |||||
1940–41 | Wake Forest | 9–9 | 7–6 | 8th | |||||
1941–42 | Wake Forest | 16–8 | 13–5 | 3rd | |||||
1942–43 | Wake Forest | 1–10 | 1–10 | 14th | |||||
1944–45 | Wake Forest | 3–14 | 0–6 | 13th | |||||
1945–46 | Wake Forest | 12–6 | 8–5 | 4th | |||||
1946–47 | Wake Forest | 11–13 | 8–9 | 11th | |||||
1947–48 | Wake Forest | 18–11 | 8–7 | T–8th | |||||
1948–49 | Wake Forest | 11–13 | 7–7 | T–7th | |||||
1949–50 | Wake Forest | 14–16 | 11–8 | 7th | |||||
1950–51 | Wake Forest | 16–14 | 8–9 | T–10th | |||||
1951–52 | Wake Forest | 10–19 | 7–9 | 10th | |||||
1952–53 | Wake Forest | 19–6 | 12–3 | 2nd | NCAA Sweet 16 | ||||
Wake Forest Demon Deacons (Atlantic Coast Conference)(1953–1957) | |||||||||
1953–54 | Wake Forest | 17–12 | 8–4 | 3rd | |||||
1954–55 | Wake Forest | 17–12 | 8–6 | 4th | |||||
1955–56 | Wake Forest | 19–9 | 10–4 | 3rd | |||||
1956–57 | Wake Forest | 19–9 | 7–7 | 4th | |||||
Wake Forest: | 285–243 (.540) | 164–125 (.567) | |||||||
Total: | 285–243 (.540) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion |
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