| Toby Greene | |
| Birth Date: | 29 March 1899 |
| Birth Place: | Humphrey, Missouri, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Stillwater, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | Phillips (1924) |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Team2: | Phillips |
| Player Sport3: | Baseball |
| Player Years4: | c. 1920 |
| Player Team4: | Phillips |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1926 |
| Coach Team2: | Bartlesville HS (OK) (assistant) |
| Coach Years3: | 1927–1928 |
| Coach Team3: | Phillips (assistant) |
| Coach Years4: | 1929–1932 |
| Coach Team4: | Phillips |
| Coach Years5: | 1933–1934 |
| Coach Team5: | Oklahoma City (assistant) |
| Coach Years6: | 1935–1937 |
| Coach Team6: | Oklahoma City |
| Coach Years7: | 1939–? |
| Coach Team7: | Oklahoma State (assistant) |
| Coach Sport8: | Basketball |
| Coach Years9: | 1933–1936 |
| Coach Team9: | Oklahoma City |
| Coach Sport10: | Baseball |
| Coach Years11: | 1942–1964 |
| Coach Team11: | Oklahoma State |
| Overall Record: | 22–36–4 (college football) 18–26 (college basketball) 318–132 (college baseball) |
Theodore Elwood "Toby" Greene (March 29, 1899 – October 2, 1967) was an American college baseball coach, most notable for leading the Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team to the national championship in the 1959 College World Series.[1] [2] [3]
Greene was born in 1899 at Humphrey, in Sullivan County, Missouri but moved with his parents to Thomas, Oklahoma in 1902. He enrolled at Phillips University in Enid, Oklahoma in 1918, where he enlisted in the Student Army Training Corps, a World War I program. Greene later became a multi-sport athlete, excelling in baseball and football for the Haymakers. He graduated from Phillips in 1924 after playing alongside future New York Giants coach Steve Owen.[4]
Greene began his coaching career in 1924 as a baseball coach at Sayre High School in Sayre, Oklahoma. He remained there for two years before moving to Bartlesville High School in Bartlesville, Oklahoma for one year. He then became all-sports coach at Phillips.
Greene later coached at Oklahoma City University before becoming a football assistant at Oklahoma A&M in 1939. In 1942, he added head baseball coach to his duties. Greene coached the team for 22 seasons, only one of which saw a record below .500. Greene earned seven district championships and eight conference titles to go with his national championship in 1959.
Greene died on October 3, 1967, at his home in Stillwater, Oklahoma.[5] [6]
The following table depicts Greene's record as a head coach.[7]