Reed Green

Bernard Reed Green (December 12, 1911 – February 1, 2002) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the University of Southern Mississippi from 1937 to 1948, compiling a record of 59–20–4. Green's winning percentage of .735 is the best of and head coach in the history of the Southern Miss Golden Eagles football program. Born in Leakesville, Mississippi, he attended the University of Southern Mississippi from 1930 until 1933 and lettered on the football, basketball, and baseball teams. He became the head coach of Southern Miss when Allison Pooley Hubert left to become the head coach at Virginia Military Institute. Green became the athletic director at Southern Miss in 1949 and held that position until 1973.[1] He was inducted into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame in 1966. Green died in 2002.[2]

Reed Green
Green circa 1970s
Biographical details
Born(1911-12-12)December 12, 1911
Leakesville, Mississippi
DiedFebruary 1, 2002(2002-02-01) (aged 90)
Mobile, Alabama
Playing career
Football
1930–1933Mississippi State Teachers
Basketball
1930–1934Mississippi State Teachers
Baseball
1934Mississippi State Teachers
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1934Mississippi State Teachers (freshmen)
1935–1936Mississippi State Teachers (assistant)
1937–1948Mississippi State Teachers / Mississippi Southern
Basketball
1934–1946Mississippi State Teachers / Mississippi Southern
Baseball
1947Mississippi Southern
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1949–1973Mississippi Southern / Southern Miss
Head coaching record
Overall59–20–4 (football)
24–37 (basketball)
9–4 (baseball)
Bowls1–0
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
1 Gulf States (1948)

Reed Green Coliseum, home of the Southern Miss Golden Eagles basketball and volleyball teams, is named for him.[3]

Head coaching record

Football
Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Mississippi State Teachers Yellow Jackets / Mississippi Southern Southerners (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1937–1941)
1937 Mississippi State Teachers 7–34–2T–10th
1938 Mississippi State Teachers 7–26–1
1939 Mississippi State Teachers 4–2–34–1
1940 Mississippi Southern 7–43–2
1941 Mississippi Southern 9–0–14–0–1
Mississippi Southern Southerners (Independent) (1942–1947)
1942 Mississippi Southern 4–0
1943 No team—World War II
1944 No team—World War II
1945 No team—World War II
1946 Mississippi Southern 7–3W Bacardi
1947 Mississippi Southern 7–3
Mississippi Southern Southerners (Gulf States Conference) (1948)
1948 Mississippi Southern 7–34–01st
Mississippi Southern: 59–20–425–4–1
Total:59–20–4
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References
  1. "Bernard Reed Green" (PDF). M-Club Alumni Association Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  2. "Reed Green". Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
  3. "Reed Green Coliseum". Southern Miss Official Athletic Site. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
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