Edward L. Greene

American football player and coach, baseball coach
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroAmerican football player and coach, baseball coach
PlacesUnited States of America
isSports coach
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
BirthNew Haven
Death27 September 1952
The details

Biography

Edward Lawrence "Eddie" Greene, sometimes spelled Green (c. 1884 – September 27, 1952), was an American football player and coach of football and baseball. He served as the head football coach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1908 and at North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, now North Carolina State University, from 1909 to 1913, compiling a career college football record of 28–11–5. Greene was also the head baseball coach at North Carolina A&M for one season in 1912, tallying a mark of 13–6–1. He played college football at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was named an All-American in 1906. He later served as the general manager of the National Better Business Bureau until his death from a heart attack in 1952.

Head coaching record

Football

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
North Carolina Tar Heels (South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1908)
1908North Carolina3–3–31–2–24th
North Carolina:3–3–31–2–2
North Carolina A&M Aggies (South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1909–1913)
1909North Carolina A&M6–11–1T–4th
1910North Carolina A&M4–0–22–0–11st
1911North Carolina A&M5–31–1T–2nd
1912North Carolina A&M4–30–27th
1913North Carolina A&M6–12–01st
North Carolina A&M:25–8–26–4–1
Total:28–11–5
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title

Baseball

SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
North Carolina A&M Farmers (Independent) (1912)
1912North Carolina A&M13–6–1
Total:13–6–1

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