Royner Greene
Appearance
Biographical details | |
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Born | May 2, 1905 |
Died | February 4, 1979 Crystal Lake, Illinois | (aged 73)
Playing career | |
1926-1929 | Illinois |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Basketball | |
1946-1959 | Cornell |
1960-1967 | North Park |
Baseball | |
1947-1959 | Cornell |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | Basketball 232–216 (.518) |
Tournaments | NCAA: 0-2 (.000) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
EIBL Champion (1954) | |
Royner Greene was a college men's basketball and college baseball coach. He was the head coach of Cornell from 1946 to 1959. He coached Cornell to a 165-143 record, winning one Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League championship and one NCAA tournament appearance. He also served as a high school coach prior to and after his time at Cornell.[1]
Head coaching record
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Cornell Big Red (Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League) (1946–1955) | |||||||||
1946–47 | Cornell | 14-8 | 8-4 | 2nd | |||||
1947–48 | Cornell | 16-9 | 9-3 | 2nd | |||||
1948–49 | Cornell | 11-15 | 5-7 | 5th | |||||
1949–50 | Cornell | 18-7 | 7-5 | T-3rd | |||||
1950–51 | Cornell | 20-5 | 12-2 | 2nd | |||||
1951–52 | Cornell | 16-9 | 8-4 | 3rd | |||||
1952–53 | Cornell | 9-12 | 6-6 | T-3rd | |||||
1953–54 | Cornell | 17-7 | 11-3 | 1st | NCAA Sweet Sixteen | ||||
1954–55 | Cornell | 10-13 | 8-6 | 5th | |||||
Cornell Big Red (Ivy League) (1955–1959) | |||||||||
1955–56 | Cornell | 11-13 | 8-6 | 4th | |||||
1956–57 | Cornell | 4-19 | 2-12 | 8th | |||||
1957–58 | Cornell | 11-11 | 5-9 | T-6th | |||||
1958–59 | Cornell | 8-15 | 4-10 | T-6th | |||||
Cornell: | 165–143 (.536) | 92–77 (.544) | |||||||
North Park Vikings (Independent) (1960–1967) | |||||||||
1960–61 | North Park | 11-8 | |||||||
1961–62 | North Park | 10-8 | |||||||
1962–63 | North Park | 8-13 | |||||||
1963–64 | North Park | 7-16 | |||||||
1964–65 | North Park | 11-10 | |||||||
1965–65 | North Park | 9-11 | |||||||
1966–67 | North Park | 15-7 | |||||||
North Park: | 71–73 (.493) | ||||||||
Total: | 236–216 (.522) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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