Royner Greene

Quick Facts

Intro

American college basketball coach

Places

United States of America

was

Sports coach Basketball coach

Work field

Sports

Gender

Male

Birth

2 May 1905 People who share this birthday

Star sign

Taurus People who share this birthday

Death

4 February 1979 People who died on this day

Place of death

Crystal Lake, McHenry County, Illinois, USA

Age

73 years

Education

University of Illinois system

Urbana, Champaign County, USA

Sports Teams

Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball (USA)

The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

Royner C. Greene (May 2, 1905 – February 4, 1979) was a college men's basketball and 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.

Head coaching record

Basketball

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Cornell Big Red (Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League)
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 Regional Fourth Place
1954–55	Cornell	10–13	8–6	5th
Cornell Big Red (Ivy League)
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)
1960–61	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)