Allen Greene
Current position | |
---|---|
Title | Athletic director |
Team | Pittsburgh |
Conference | ACC |
Biographical details | |
Born | Seattle, Washington, U.S. | April 10, 1977
Playing career | |
1996–1998 | Notre Dame |
1998 | Oneonta Yankees |
1999 | Greensboro Bats |
2000 | Tampa Yankees |
2001 | Elmira Pioneers |
Position(s) | Outfield |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
2009–2012 | Ole Miss (Assistant AD) |
2012–2015 | Buffalo (Deputy AD) |
2015–2018 | Buffalo |
2018–2022 | Auburn |
2022–2023 | Ole Miss (Senior Deputy AD) |
2023–2024 | Tennessee (Senior Deputy AD) |
2024–present | Pittsburgh |
Claude Allen Greene IV,[1] (born April 10, 1977) is the director of athletics at the University of Pittsburgh, a position to which he was named on October 18, 2024.[2] He previously served as the director of athletics for Auburn University from 2018 to 2022,[3][4] and for the University at Buffalo,[5][6][7] and as assistant athletic director for the University of Mississippi and the senior deputy athletics director and chief operating officer at the University of Tennessee. Greene attended college at the University of Notre Dame, and was a two-year starter on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish baseball team.[8] He was a ninth-round draft pick of the New York Yankees in the 1998 Major League Baseball draft, and went on to a four-year career in the minor leagues for the Yankees, playing for the Oneonta Yankees, Greensboro Bats, Tampa Yankees, and Elmira Pioneers.[8] He grew up in Bellevue, Washington and attended O'Dea High School in Seattle, playing baseball and basketball, graduating 1995.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Allen Greene Baseball Statistics [1996-2001]". www.thebaseballcube.com. Archived from the original on September 19, 2016. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
- ^ "University of Pittsburgh Names Allen Greene Director of Athletics". Pittsburgh Panthers. Retrieved October 18, 2024.
- ^ Green, Tom (January 18, 2018). "Auburn officially hires Allen Greene as new athletics director". The Birmingham News. Archived from the original on January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
- ^ Vitale, Josh (January 18, 2018). "Allen Greene officially named Auburn University's 15th athletics director". Opelika-Auburn News. Archived from the original on January 18, 2018. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
- ^ Gaughan, Mark (November 24, 2015). "Greene's promotion to AD aimed at helping UB stay the course". The Buffalo News. Archived from the original on January 14, 2016. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
- ^ Evans, Thayer (November 24, 2015). "Allen Greene promoted to Buffalo athletic director". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on January 14, 2016. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
- ^ "Allen Greene new AD at Buffalo". ESPN. Associated Press. November 24, 2015. Archived from the original on January 14, 2016. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
- ^ a b "Allen Greene Bio". University of Notre Dame. Archived from the original on January 14, 2016. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
- ^ Stone, Larry (February 28, 2018). "O'Dea product Greene changes paths but exceeds his dreams as Auburn AD". The Seattle Times. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Auburn Tigers bio
- Buffalo Bulls bio
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish bio
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