Murray Greason
| Sport(s) | Basketball, Baseball |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
December 26, 1901 Raleigh, North Carolina |
| Died | January 1, 1960 (aged 58) Greensboro, North Carolina |
| Playing career | |
| 1922–1926 | Wake Forest |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1926–1933 | Lexington HS |
| 1934–1957 | Wake Forest |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 288–244 (.541) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
|
SoCon Tournament (1953) SoCon regular season (1939) |
|
| Awards | |
| SoCon Coach of the Year (1953) ACC Coach of the Year (1956) |
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Murray Crossley Greason (December 26, 1901 – 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.
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.
Greason was killed in an automobile accident on January 1, 1960 at the age of 58.
National champion Postseason invitational champion
Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion
Conference tournament champion
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