For the botanist see Edward Lee Greene
 Greene pictured in The Agromeck 1912, North Carolina State yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 29, 1884 New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | September 27, 1952 (aged 68) Mamaroneck, New York, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1904–1907 | Penn |
| Position(s) | Halfback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1908 | North Carolina |
| 1909–1913 | North Carolina A&M |
| Baseball | |
| 1912 | North Carolina A&M |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 28–11–5 (football) 13–6–1 (baseball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 2 SAIAA (1910, 1913) | |
| Awards | |
| All-American, 1906 | |
Edward Lawrence Greene (March 29, 1884 – September 27, 1952) was an American football player and coach of football and baseball.
Greene was born on March 29, 1884, in New Haven, Connecticut.[1]
He served as the head football coach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1908 and at North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, now North Carolina State University, from 1909 to 1913, compiling a career college football record of 28–11–5. Greene was also the head baseball coach at North Carolina A&M for one season in 1912, tallying a mark of 13–6–1. He played college football at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was named an All-American in 1906.[2] He later served as the general manager of the National Better Business Bureau until his death.
He died of a heart attack on September 27, 1952, in Mamaroneck, New York.[3]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina Tar Heels (South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1908) | |||||||||
| 1908 | North Carolina | 3–3–3 | 1–2–2 | 4th | |||||
| North Carolina: | 3–3–3 | 1–2–2 | |||||||
| North Carolina A&M Aggies (South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1909–1913) | |||||||||
| 1909 | North Carolina A&M | 6–1 | 1–1 | T–4th | |||||
| 1910 | North Carolina A&M | 4–0–2 | 2–0–1 | 1st | |||||
| 1911 | North Carolina A&M | 5–3 | 1–1 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1912 | North Carolina A&M | 4–3 | 0–2 | 7th | |||||
| 1913 | North Carolina A&M | 6–1 | 2–0 | 1st | |||||
| North Carolina A&M: | 25–8–2 | 6–4–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 28–11–5 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina A&M Farmers (Independent) (1912) | |||||||||
| 1912 | North Carolina A&M | 13–6–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 13–6–1 | ||||||||