Royner Greene

Royner Greene

Biographical details
Born	(1905-05-02)May 2, 1905
Died	February 4, 1979(1979-02-04) (aged 73) Crystal Lake, Illinois, U.S.
Playing career
Basketball
1926–1929	Illinois
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Basketball
1946–1959	Cornell
1960–1967	North Park
Baseball
1949–1956	Cornell
1967–1969	North Park
Head coaching record
Overall	232–216 (basketball) 102–93–3 (baseball)
Tournaments	Basketball 0–2 (NCAA)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Basketball EIBL (1954)

Royner C. Greene (May 2, 1905 – February 4, 1979) was a college men's basketball and baseball coach. He was the head coach of Cornell from 1946 to 1959. He coached Cornell to a 165–143 record, winning one Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League championship and one NCAA tournament appearance. He also served as a high school coach prior to and after his time at Cornell.

Head coaching record

Basketball

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Cornell Big Red (Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League) (1946–1955)
1946–47	Cornell	14–8	8–4	2nd
1947–48	Cornell	16–9	9–3	2nd
1948–49	Cornell	11–15	5–7	5th
1949–50	Cornell	18–7	7–5	T–3rd
1950–51	Cornell	20–5	12–2	2nd
1951–52	Cornell	16–9	8–4	3rd
1952–53	Cornell	9–12	6–6	T–3rd
1953–54	Cornell	17–7	11–3	1st	NCAA Regional Fourth Place
1954–55	Cornell	10–13	8–6	5th
Cornell Big Red (Ivy League) (1955–1959)
1955–56	Cornell	11–13	8–6	4th
1956–57	Cornell	4–19	2–12	8th
1957–58	Cornell	11–11	5–9	T–6th
1958–59	Cornell	8–15	4–10	T–6th
Cornell:		165–143 (.536)	92–77 (.544)
North Park Vikings (Independent) (1960–1967)
1960–61	North Park	11–8
1961–62	North Park	10–8
1962–63	North Park	8–13
1963–64	North Park	7–16
1964–65	North Park	11–10
1965–65	North Park	9–11
1966–67	North Park	15–7
North Park:		71–73 (.493)
Total:		236–216 (.522)
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