| Murray Greason | |
| Birth Date: | 26 December 1900 |
| Birth Place: | Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1922–1925 |
| Player Team2: | Wake Forest |
| Player Sport3: | Basketball |
| Player Years4: | 1922–1926 |
| Player Team4: | Wake Forest |
| Player Positions: | Halfback (football) |
| Coach Sport1: | Basketball |
| Coach Years2: | 1926–1933 |
| Coach Team2: | Lexington HS |
| Coach Years3: | 1934–1957 |
| Coach Team3: | Wake Forest |
| Coach Sport4: | Baseball |
| Coach Years5: | 1939–1942 |
| Coach Team5: | Wake Forest |
| Coach Years6: | 1945–1947 |
| Coach Team6: | Wake Forest |
| Overall Record: | 285–243 (college basketball) 44–37–2 (college baseball) |
| Championships: | Basketball SoCon regular season (1939) SoCon Tournament (1953) |
| Awards: | Basketball SoCon Coach of the Year (1953) ACC Coach of the Year (1956) |
Murray Crossley Greason (December 26, 1900 – 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.[1]
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.[2]
Greason was killed in an automobile accident on January 1, 1960.[1]