Sport(s) Basketball, baseball 1926–1928 Catawba 1922–1925 Davidson 1931–1937 Davidson | 1922–1926 Davidson Name Flake Laird 1923–1926 Davidson Role Basketball Coach | |
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Born December 16, 1902
Decatur, Georgia ( 1902-12-16 ) Died April 10, 1992, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States | ||
Green Flake "Red" Laird (December 16, 1902 – April 10, 1992) was an American college basketball and baseball coach. He is best known for being Virginia Tech's head baseball coach for 30 seasons and compiling the second most wins in program history through the 2013 season (343). He was inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1971. Virginia Tech's home baseball venue, English Field, has its home team's dugout after him. Laird also coached the men's basketball and baseball teams at Virginia Tech, Catawba College, and Davidson College as well as the freshman football team at Davidson. Laird attended Davidson between 1922–23 and 1925–26. While there he earned 12 varsity letters – four each in football, basketball and baseball.