Murray Greason

Alma Mater: 
Class of: 

1926

Hometown: 
Wake Forest, NC
  • Won 1953 southern Conference Tournament championship
  • Wake Forest's all-time winningest coach
  • Final Top 20 Rankings (three: AP/UPI)--1953 (15/NR), 1956 (16/NR) and 1957 (18/NR)
  • All-Americans (one): Ned "Dickie" Hemric (1954 and 1955)
  • Played basketball under Philip Utley, Hank Garrity and R.S. Hayes en route to earning 12 letters including football and baseball
  • Also served as backfield coach in football from 1934-48 and head baseball coach from 1940-47.
Record: 

Season

School

Overall

League

Finish

Conference (Division)

Postseason (Record)

1933-34

Wake Forest

5-9

1934-35

Wake Forest

6-10

1935-36

Wake Forest

9-12

1936-37

Wake Forest

15-6

9-4

3rd

Southern

1937-38

Wake Forest

7-12

7-8

9th

Southern

DNP

1938-39

Wake Forest

18-6

15-3

1st

Southern

NCAA (0-1)

1939-40

Wake Forest

13-9

10-5

4th

Southern

DNP

1940-41

Wake Forest

9-9

7-6

8th

Southern

DNP

1941-42

Wake Forest

16-8

13-5

3rd

Southern

DNP

1942-43

Wake Forest

1-10

1-10

14th

Southern

DNP

1944-45

Wake Forest

3-14

0-6

T-13th

Southern

DNP

1945-46

Wake Forest

12-6

8-5

4th

Southern

DNP

1946-47

Wake Forest

11-13

8-9

11th

Southern

DNP

1947-48

Wake Forest

18-11

8-7

T-8th

Southern

DNP

1948-49

Wake Forest

11-13

7-7

T-7th

Southern

DNP

1949-50

Wake Forest

14-16

11-8

7th

Southern

DNP

1950-51

Wake Forest

16-14

8-9

T-10th

Southern

DNP

1951-52

Wake Forest

10-19

7-9

10th

Southern

DNP

1952-53

Wake Forest

22-7

12-3

T-2nd

Southern

NCAA (1-1)

1953-54

Wake Forest

17-12

8-4

3rd

ACC

DNP

1954-55

Wake Forest

17-10

8-6

T-4th

ACC

DNP

1955-56

Wake Forest

19-9

10-4

T-3rd

ACC

DNP

1956-57

Wake Forest

19-9

7-7

T-4th

ACC

DNP

  • 23-Year Coaching Record: 288-243 (.542) at Wake Forest
  • 131-104 (.557) in southern Conference
  • 33-21 (.611) in Atlantic Coast Conference
  • 9-9 (.500) in southern Conference Tournament
  • 6-4 (.600) in ACC Tournament
  • 1-2 (.333) in NCAA Tournament