Ron Greene
The latter half of the twentieth century saw American college basketball expand into one of the country's most competitive and closely watched athletic arenas, with coaches shaping programs across the country's universities and smaller institutions alike. Ron Greene was born on December 27, 1938, in Terre Haute, Indiana, and went on to build his career as a basketball coach within that landscape.
Greene attended Terre Haute North Vigo High School before pursuing the profession that would define his adult life. Working as a basketball coach in the United States, he operated within a system that demanded both tactical preparation and the sustained management of players, staff, and institutional expectations. The details of his coaching career place him squarely within the American collegiate and athletic tradition, a tradition that relied on individuals willing to commit to the long, unglamorous work of building and maintaining competitive programs. His use of English as his working language and his identity as an American citizen situated him firmly within the domestic sporting culture of his era.
Greene died on March 31, 2021, in Murray, closing a life that had begun more than eight decades earlier in the same Indiana city where he was raised. The geographic arc of his life — from Terre Haute to Murray — traces the kind of movement common among coaches whose careers carried them across state lines and institutional affiliations. The facts of his birth, education, and death mark a life spent within American basketball, a sport that, across the decades of his involvement, grew considerably in its national prominence and organizational complexity.
Quotes by Ron Greene
It seemed like our offense clicked whenever we had a chance. But they showed that they've got a good football team because they kept right on fighting.
It's been a distraction for (Alvarado), probably for her constituents and for some of us on council, and I think she stepped up to the plate and did what needed to be done.
These fabricated and outrageous charges come from an individual whom Madison Square Garden fired because of an inability to fulfill professional responsibilities and who is now seeking a financial windfall.
These fabricated and outrageous charges come from an individual whom MSG fired because of an inability to fulfill professional responsibilities and who is now seeking a financial windfall. We have always been proud of how our employees are treated, as evidenced by the fact that we have consistently taken appropriate action when employees have engaged in inappropriate behavior. We will fight these outrageous charges and defend our employees from baseless allegations intended to embarrass and harm them.
We were extremely disappointed that we didn't play well. We absolutely went on the field and didn't do what we had to do to win the game. On offense, we never got into a rhythm. Part of that was us and part of it was them.
We will fight these outrageous charges and defend our employees from baseless allegations intended to embarrass and harm them.
We just did not play well. We got out-played. Our defense played well in spurts but we just made too many mistakes. If we play like that next week, we'll get beat again.
That way we can teach her what's right, not what's mandated by the state of California.