Reed Green Explained

Reed Green
Birth Date:12 December 1911
Birth Place:Leakesville, Mississippi, U.S.
Death Place:Mobile, Alabama, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1930–1933
Player Team2:Mississippi State Teachers
Player Sport3:Basketball
Player Years4:1930–1934
Player Team4:Mississippi State Teachers
Player Sport5:Baseball
Player Years6:1934
Player Team6:Mississippi State Teachers
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1934
Coach Team2:Mississippi State Teachers (freshmen)
Coach Years3:1935–1936
Coach Team3:Mississippi State Teachers (assistant)
Coach Years4:1937–1948
Coach Team4:Mississippi State Teachers / Mississippi Southern
Coach Sport5:Basketball
Coach Years6:1934–1946
Coach Team6:Mississippi State Teachers / Mississippi Southern
Coach Sport7:Baseball
Coach Years8:1947
Coach Team8:Mississippi Southern
Admin Years1:1949–1973
Admin Team1:Mississippi Southern / Southern Miss
Overall Record:59–20–4 (football)
24–37 (basketball)
9–4 (baseball)
Bowl Record:1–0
Championships:Football
1 Gulf States (1948)

Bernard Reed Green (December 12, 1911 – February 1, 2002) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the University of Southern Mississippi from 1937 to 1948, compiling a record of 59–20–4. Green's winning percentage of .735 is the best of any head coach in the history of the Southern Miss Golden Eagles football program. Born in Leakesville, Mississippi, he attended the University of Southern Mississippi from 1930 until 1933 and lettered on the football, basketball, and baseball teams. He became the head coach of Southern Miss when Allison Pooley Hubert left to become the head coach at Virginia Military Institute. Green became the athletic director at Southern Miss in 1949 and held that position until 1973.[1] He was inducted into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame in 1966. Green died in 2002.[2]

Reed Green Coliseum, home of the Southern Miss Golden Eagles basketball and volleyball teams, is named for him.[3]

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bernard Reed Green. M-Club Alumni Association Sports Hall of Fame. December 28, 2016.
  2. Web site: Reed Green. Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. November 19, 2016.
  3. Web site: Reed Green Coliseum. Southern Miss Official Athletic Site. November 19, 2016.