Sport(s) Basketball, Baseball Overall 288–244 (.541) 1922–1926 Wake Forest Name Murray Greason | 1926–1933 Lexington HS Role Basketball Coach 1934–1957 Wake Forest | |
Born December 26, 1901
Raleigh, North Carolina ( 1901-12-26 ) Died January 1, 1960, Greensboro, North Carolina, United States | ||
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.