Murray Greason, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Murray Greason

American basketball and baseball coach

Date of Birth: 26-Dec-1901

Place of Birth: Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1960

Profession: basketball coach, baseball player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

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.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.