Career
He played professional baseball for the New York Yankees (1943-1946) and served Old Dominion University for 32 years as head baseball coach, head basketball coach and athletic director Metheny was a graduate of the College of William and Mary where he played college baseball. He was also a brother of Phi Kappa Tau.
During his four-year career with Yankees, he played for the Yankees in the second and last games of the 1943 World Series as the Yankees defeated the Saint Louis Cardinals and he played with such great players as DiMaggio, Rizzuto and Dickey.
Metheny joined the Old Dominion athletic staff in 1948 as head baseball coach, compiling a 423–363–6 record before retiring in 1980. Metheny served as head basketball coach from 1948-1965, compiling a 198-163 record and posting 16 winning seasons.
His 198 wins were ultimately surpassed by Blaine Taylor on January 5, 2011. He also served as athletic director from 1963–1970.
In 1984, to honor Metheny and his days with the Yankees, ODU adopted the Yankee uniform look of the distinctive blue pinstripes.
Metheny was enshrined in the College Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame in Dallas in 1983. The Old Dominion baseball stadium, which opened in 1983, is named in Metheny"s honor.