Reed Green, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Reed Green

baseball player (1911-2002)

Date of Birth: 12-Dec-1911

Place of Birth: Leakesville, Mississippi, United States

Date of Death: 01-Feb-2002

Profession: baseball player

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Reed Green

  • Bernard Reed Green (December 12, 1911 – February 1, 2002) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator.
  • He served as the head football coach at the University of Southern Mississippi from 1937 to 1948, compiling a record of 59–20–4.
  • Green's winning percentage of .735 is the best of and head coach in the history of the Southern Miss Golden Eagles football program.
  • Born in Leakesville, Mississippi, he attended the University of Southern Mississippi from 1930 until 1933 and lettered on the football, basketball, and baseball teams.
  • He became the head coach of Southern Miss when Allison Pooley Hubert left to become the head coach at Virginia Military Institute.
  • Green became the athletic director at Southern Miss in 1949 and held that position until 1973.
  • He was inducted into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame in 1966.
  • Green died in 2002.Reed Green Coliseum, home of the Southern Miss Golden Eagles basketball and volleyball teams, is named for him.

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