Toby Greene (baseball)

Toby Greene
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Baseball
Born	(1899-03-29)March 29, 1899 Humphrey, Missouri
Died	October 3, 1967(1967-10-03) (aged 68)
Alma mater	Phillips '24
Playing career
1918–1924	Phillips
Position(s)	Football, baseball
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1942–1943, 1946–1964	Oklahoma State
Head coaching record
Overall	318–132

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 its only national championship in the 1959 College World Series.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Early life

Toby 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.^[2]^[4]

Coaching career

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.^[2]^[4]

He 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 8 conference titles to go with his national championship in 1959.^[2]

Head coaching record

The following table depicts Greene's record as a head coach.^[5]

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Oklahoma A&M Cowboys (Missouri Valley Conference) (1942–1956)
1942	Oklahoma A&M	6–5
1943	Oklahoma A&M	4–3
1946	Oklahoma A&M	15–2
1947	Oklahoma A&M	11–5	11–5	1st	District Playoffs
1948	Oklahoma A&M	20–6	20–6	1st	Western Playoff
1949	Oklahoma A&M	22–6	5–0	1st	Region C Playoff
1950	Oklahoma A&M	15–7	6–3	2nd
1951	Oklahoma A&M	9–8	2–4	5th
1952	Oklahoma A&M	15–5	5–2	2nd
1953	Oklahoma A&M	13–4	4–2	T-2nd
1954	Oklahoma A&M	18–11	8–1	1st	CWS
1955	Oklahoma A&M	27–3	8–0	1st	CWS
1956	Oklahoma A&M	11–10	7–2	2nd
Oklahoma A&M (MVC):		186–75	76–25
Oklahoma A&M/State Cowboys (Big Eight Conference) (1957–1964)
1957	Oklahoma A&M	12–3	7–2	2nd
1958	Oklahoma State	17–6	13–5	2nd
1959	Oklahoma State	27–5	17–3	1st	CWS Champions
1960	Oklahoma State	17–7	12–4	1st	CWS
1961	Oklahoma State	27–3	18–1	1st	CWS
1962	Oklahoma State	11–9	10–6	2nd
1963	Oklahoma State	15–10	12–9	5th
1964	Oklahoma State	6–14	4–12	7th
Oklahoma State (Big 8):		132–57	93–42
Total:		312–132
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

References

↑ Bill Platt. "National Champions". Oklahoma State Athletics. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
1 2 3 4 "Obituary". Genealogy.com. December 1, 2009. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
↑ "Toby Greene, six others to be inducted into OSU Hall of Honor". Tulsa World. July 20, 2011. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
1 2 "Toby Greene". Sports Illustrated. January 18, 1960. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
↑ 2013 Media Guide. Oklahoma State Cowboys. pp. 63–. Retrieved May 25, 2013.

Oklahoma City Stars men's basketball head coaches

E. B. Cottrell (1922–1923)
Lamar Hoover (1923–1925)
Roy Bennett (1925–1926)
G. L. Skillem (1926–1930)
Vee Green (1930–1933)
Toby Greene (1933–1936)
Melvin J. Binford (1936–1939)
Faye Ferguson (1939–1941)
Merle Rousy (1941–1942)
No team (1942–1946)
Bo Sherman (1946–1947)
Doyle Parrack (1947–1955)
Abe Lemons (1955–1973)
Paul Hansen (1973–1979)
Ken Trickey (1979–1981)
Lonnie Nichols (1981–1983)
Abe Lemons (1983–1990)
Darrel Johnson (1990–1992)
Win Case (1992–2005)
Ray Harper (2005–2008)
Kevin Morrissey (2008–2012)
Dionne Phelps (2012– )

Oklahoma City Chiefs head football coaches

Pappy Waldorf (1925–1927) Vee Green (1928–1932) Wesley Fry (1933) Toby Greene (1935–1937) Os Doenges (1938–1941) No team (1942–1945) Bo Rowland (1946–1947) Orville Tuttle (1948–1949)

Oklahoma State Aggies / Cowboys head baseball coaches

Paul J. Davis (1909–1915)
Art Griffith (1916)
Earl A. Pritchard (1917–1918)
Randle Perdue (1919)
Hoot Sackett (1920–1921)
John Maulbetsch (1922–1929)
George E. Rody (1930)
No team (1931)
Albert Exendine (1932–1933)
Henry Iba (1934–1941)
Toby Greene (1942–1943)
No team (1944–1945)
Toby Greene (1946–1964)
Chet Bryan (1965–1977)
Gary Ward (1978–1996)
Tom Holliday (1997–2003)
Frank Anderson (2004–2012)
Josh Holliday (2013– )

Oklahoma State Cowboys 1959 College World Series Champions

Jim Dobson (College World Series MOP) Joe Horlen

Manager Toby Greene

Regular season NCAA Tournament College World Series

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