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 any 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, U.S.
Died	February 1, 2002(2002-02-01) (aged 90) Mobile, Alabama, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1930–1933	Mississippi State Teachers
Basketball
1930–1934	Mississippi State Teachers
Baseball
1934	Mississippi State Teachers
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1934	Mississippi State Teachers (freshmen)
1935–1936	Mississippi State Teachers (assistant)
1937–1948	Mississippi State Teachers / Mississippi Southern
Basketball
1934–1946	Mississippi State Teachers / Mississippi Southern
Baseball
1947	Mississippi Southern
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1949–1973	Mississippi Southern / Southern Miss
Head coaching record
Overall	59–20–4 (football) 24–37 (basketball) 9–4 (baseball)
Bowls	1–0
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	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Mississippi State Teachers Yellow Jackets / Mississippi Southern Southerners (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1937–1941)
1937	Mississippi State Teachers	7–3	4–2	T–10th
1938	Mississippi State Teachers	7–2	6–1
1939	Mississippi State Teachers	4–2–3	4–1
1940	Mississippi Southern	7–4	3–2
1941	Mississippi Southern	9–0–1	4–0–1
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	7–3			W Bacardi
1947	Mississippi Southern	7–3
Mississippi Southern Southerners (Gulf States Conference) (1948)
1948	Mississippi Southern	7–3	4–0	1st
Mississippi Southern:		59–20–4	25–4–1
Total:		59–20–4
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth