Toby Greene (baseball)

American college baseball coach

Toby GreeneBiographical details

Born| (1899-03-29)March 29, 1899
Humphrey, Missouri, U.S.
Died| October 3, 1967(1967-10-03) (aged 68)
Stillwater, Oklahoma, U.S.
Alma mater| Phillips (1924)
Playing career
Football
c. 1920| Phillips
Baseball
c. 1920| Phillips
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1926| Bartlesville HS (OK) (assistant)
1927–1928| Phillips (assistant)
1929–1932| Phillips
1933–1934| Oklahoma City (assistant)
1935–1937| Oklahoma City
1939–?| Oklahoma State (assistant)
Basketball
1933–1936| Oklahoma City
Baseball
1942–1964| Oklahoma State
Head coaching record
Overall| 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]

## Early life

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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

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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]

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.[2]

## Death

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Greene died on October 3, 1967, at his home in Stillwater, Oklahoma.[5][6]

## Head coaching record

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### College football

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Year  | Team  | Overall  | Conference | Standing  | Bowl/playoffs

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Phillips Haymakers (Big Four Conference) (1929–1932)
1929 | Phillips  | 4–4–3 | 1–3–1 | 4th |
1930 | Phillips  | 6–3 | 1–2 | 3rd |
1931 | Phillips  | 1–5 | 0–3 | 4th |
1932 | Phillips  | 3–7 | 0–3 | 4th |
Phillips: | 14–19–3 | 2–11–1 |
Oklahoma City Goldbugs (Independent) (1935–1937)
1935 | Oklahoma City  | 3–4–1 |  |  |
1936 | Oklahoma City  | 4–4 |  |  |
1937 | Oklahoma City  | 1–9 |  |  |
Oklahoma City: | 8–17–1 |  |
Total: | 22–36–4 |

### College basketball

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Statistics overview  Season  | Team  | Overall  | Conference  | Standing  | Postseason

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Oklahoma City Goldbugs (Independent) (1932–1935)
1932–33  | Oklahoma City  | 1–11 |  |  |
1933–34  | Oklahoma City  | 8–8 |  |  |
1934–35  | Oklahoma City  | 9–7 |  |  |
Oklahoma City: | 18–26 (.409) |  |
Total: | 18–26 (.409) |

### College baseball

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The following table depicts Greene's record as a head coach.[7]

Statistics overview  Season  | Team  | Overall  | Conference  | Standing  | Postseason

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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

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1. ^ Bill Platt. "National Champions". Oklahoma State Athletics. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
2. ^ a b c d "Obituary". Genealogy.com. December 1, 2009. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
3. ^ "Toby Greene, six others to be inducted into OSU Hall of Honor". Tulsa World. July 20, 2011. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
4. ^ a b "Toby Greene". Sports Illustrated. January 18, 1960. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
5. ^ Guymon, J. Carl (October 3, 1967). "Former O-State Baseball Coach Toby Greene Dies". The Daily Oklahoman. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. p. 13. Retrieved August 9, 2021 - via Newspapers.com .
6. ^ Guymon, J. Carl (October 3, 1967). "Toby Greene, Former O-State Coach, Dead (continued)". The Daily Oklahoman. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. p. 14. Retrieved August 9, 2021 - via Newspapers.com .
7. ^ 2013 Media Guide. Oklahoma State Cowboys. pp. 63-. Retrieved May 25, 2013.

## External links

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* Toby Greene at Find a Grave

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Phillips Haymakers head football coaches

* Park Cole (1908)
* Willis Bates (1909)
* Robert "Snapper" Kennedy (1910)
* Earl Ratcliffe (1911)
* Unknown (1912)
* Truman A. Copas (1913–1914)
* Wilbur H. Cramblet (1915–1916)
* John Maulbetsch (1917–1920)
* Mont McIntire (1921–1923)
* Everett Shelton (1924–1926)
* Louis Wilke (1927–1928)
* Toby Greene (1929–1932)

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Oklahoma City Stars men's basketball head coaches

* Elmer B. Cottrell (1922–1923)
* Lamar Hoover (1923–1925)
* Roy Bennett (1925–1926)
* G. L. Skillem (1926–1930)
* Vee Green (1930–1933)
* Toby Greene (1933–1935)
* Melvin J. Binford (1935–1939)
* Faye Ferguson (1939–1941)
* Merle Rousey (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 (2012–2015)
* Vinay Patel (2015–2019)
* Stan Holt (2019)
* Hank Aldous # (2019–2020)
* Tim Kisner (2020–2021)
* Mark Berokoff (2021– )

# denotes interim head coach

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Oklahoma City Chiefs head football coaches

* Unknown (1903)
* Wynfred E. Allen (1904)
* Taft (1905)
* Dwight Porter (1906)
* Walter K. Chorn (1907)
* Paul St. Clair (1908–1910)
* Donald D. Shira (1911)
* George H. Pritchard (1912–1915)
* Roy Rutledge (1916)
* No team (1917–1920)
* Frank McCain (1921)
* Elmer B. Cottrell (1922)
* Lamar Hoover (1923–1924)
* Pappy Waldorf (1925–1927)
* Vee Green (1928–1932)
* Wesley Fry (1933)
* Stan Williamson (1934)
* Toby Greene (1935–1937)
* Os Doenges (1938–1941)
* No team (1942–1945)
* Bo Rowland (1946–1947)
* Orville Tuttle (1948–1949)

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Oklahoma State 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– )

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Oklahoma State Cowboys 1959 College World Series champions

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