Seth Greenberg
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| Title | Head coach | |
| College | Virginia Tech | |
| Sport | Basketball | |
| Born | April 18, 1956 | |
| Place of birth |  Plainview, New York |
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| Career highlights | ||
| Championships | ||
| Big West Tournament Championship (1993, 1995) Big West Regular Season Championship (1996) |
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| ACC Coach of the Year (2005) (2008) | ||
| Playing career | ||
| 1974–1978 | Fairleigh Dickinson | |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1978–1980 1980–1983 1983–1984 1985–1987 1987–1990 1990–1996 1996–2003 2003–present |
Columbia (asst.) Pittsburgh (asst.) Virginia (asst.) Miami (FL) (asst.) Long Beach State (asst.) Long Beach State South Florida Virginia Tech |
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Seth Greenberg is the current head basketball coach for the Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team. Greenberg just finished his fifth season as head coach of the Hokies. In his first five seasons, he led the Hokies to an overall record of 88-70. After his initial season coaching the team in the Big East, he guided the Hokies through their first two full seasons in the Atlantic Coast Conference starting in 2004-2005, earning the team a first-round bye in the ACC tournament and their first post-season tournament appearance since 1996 with a trip to the NIT.
Greenberg's success in 2005 earned him the ACC Coach of the Year award, given by the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association. He repeated this achievement in 2008.
In 2006, he bought all the students tickets to the NIT game against Temple. In 2008, he bought 3000 tickets for students in all three NIT games played in Cassell Coliseum.
During the 2006-2007 season, Greenberg led the Hokies to signature victories against #5 Duke on the road and #1 UNC at home in an eight-day span. The victories landed the Hokies in the AP Top 25 for the first time in over a decade, and earned their first NCAA tournament appearance since the 1995-1996 season. They received a #5 seed in the West bracket, but fell to Southern Illinois University Carbondale in the second round.
Prior to coming to Virginia Tech in 2003, Greenberg was the head coach at the University of South Florida, where he amassed a record of 108-100. Prior to that, he was the head coach at Long Beach State University for six seasons, leading the 49ers to a record of 105-70, 2nd behind legendary coach Jerry Tarkanian for the most wins in the program's history. While at Long Beach, Greenberg was a mentor of two successful future NBA players, Lucious Harris and Bryon Russell. In the 1992-1993 season, Greenberg led the 49ers to their first NCAA Tournament appearance in nearly 20 years. Earlier that season, the 49ers achieved what is arguably their greatest victory of all time, upsetting #1 Kansas at Allen Fieldhouse.
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Greenberg served as the chairman of the organizing committee of AllCoachesCare.com, an online sports memorabilia auction site to benefit Habitat for Humanity and aide in their efforts in helping to rebuild the Gulf Coast. He appeared numerous times on television and radio to promote this cause.
Greenberg has also served as an analyst for College Sports Television's coverage of the NCAA Tournament. He is often a guest on national, regional and local sports talk shows, including ESPN Radio and the Jim Rome Show. His brother is Radford University basketball coach Brad Greenberg.
[edit] References
1. http://www.greenbergball.com/bio.html
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