Marshall University Athletics
Marshall Athletics Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 1987
- Class:
- 1933
In 1928, as a prep athlete at Point Pleasant High School, Harold Otho Clark “Doug” Greenlee set a record for running the mile that would stand as the best in West Virginia history until 1986. Greenlee ran right on to Marshall, where he was a member of the track and basketball teams for the Green and White, but it was on the baseball field that he rose to greatest prominence. Described at the time as a shortstop who “sure can cover the ground, and cover it well,” Greenlee helped Marshall to West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championships in 1930 and 1931, and then to a Buckeye Intercollegiate Conference crown as a senior in 1933. After graduating from Marshall, Greenlee played professional baseball for the Huntington Boosters in the Class D Mountain State League in 1937.
Greenlee became a teacher and coached all sports at West and Oley junior high schools in Huntington, and after receiving a master’s degree became the Dean of Boys and Athletic Director at Huntington High School, where he also served as the team’s baseball coach, leading teams to a 205-74 record (.734) over 19 seasons. One of his players was future Marshall head coach and Hall of Famer Jack Cook. Greenlee retired from coaching and served as the principal at Beverly Hills Junior High School in Huntington and also became a scout for the Detroit Tigers. Greenlee was inducted into the Marshall Athletic Hall of Fame in 1987.
