Greene Flake "Red" Laird (December 16, 1902 – April 10, 1992) was an American college basketball and baseball coach. He is best known for being

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's head baseball coach for 30 seasons and compiling the second most wins in program history through the 2013 season (343). He was inducted into the

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Hall of Fame in 1971, and into the Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame in 1983. The home dugout at Virginia Tech's home baseball venue,

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, is named in his honor. Laird also coached the men's basketball and baseball teams at Virginia Tech,

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, and

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as well as the freshman

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team at Davidson. Laird attended Davidson between 1922–23 and 1925–26. While there he earned 12 varsity letters – four each in football, basketball and baseball.

Head coaching record

Basketball

Baseball

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