Career
Early life and education
Born in Suffield, Connecticut, Hugh Greer went to school at Connecticut Agricultural College (now University of Connecticut). As a basketball player at CAC, Greer helped lead his school to a New England Conference championship in 1926. Coaching career
Hugh Greer coached basketball at Connecticut from 1947 to 1963.
As coach of the Huskies he led UConn to 7 National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournaments and 1 National Institute of Technology berth.
He was the winningest coach in Connecticut history until Jim Calhoun passed him in 1998. In 1954, he famously led UConn to a 78–77 victory against undefeated Holy Cross breaking the Crusaders" 47-game home winning streak.
In 1956, Greer led UConn to the Sweet 16, where they lost in a close game to Temple. He led UConn until he died on January 14, 1963, of a massive heart attack.
Assistant George Wigton finished out the season.
UConn credits the first 10 games of the season to Greer and the rest of the season (including the National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament) to Wigton.
