A longtime referee who never wanted to be a head coach, Greene was named the Centurions’ new leader on Feb. 26.
Becoming a head coach was never George Greene’s dream, but he’s always had a soft spot for helping kids become better people.
Greene will get the chance to do both after being named Coastal Christian’s new boys basketball coach on Feb. 26. Greene takes over for Craig Wheeler, who has coached the Centurions program since its inception in 2007.
“Basketball is just the vessel to provide these kids with valuable life lessons,” Greene said. “Don’t get me wrong, we’re going to compete and try to win at a high level, but it’s much more than that for me.”
Greene was hired as a varsity assistant and coach of the Centurions’ junior varsity team in 2015. His son, Kamron Greene, originally planned on attending Laney but coincidentally followed his father to Coastal Christian. Kamron graduated in 2019 and just finished his freshman season at Cape Fear Community College.
George has been around the game of basketball his whole life. He played at North Carolina A&T and has been a referee at local high school games on-and-off for the past 11 years. He recently returned to refereeing at the request of longtime friend and former Ashley athletic director Roy Turner, who is the Regional Director of Basketball Officials.
“I’ll miss the in-game aspect of refereeing,” George said. “In between the lines, managing the game and overseeing things like that was always fun. But I’m not going to miss the fan interactions, because stuff like that is almost getting dangerous now.”
On the court, George received a ringing endorsement from Wheeler. After resigning on Feb. 26, Wheeler called the StarNews and expressed his immense confidence in George to move the program forward.
George doesn’t plan on changing too much from the past 13 years of Coastal Christian basketball. The Centurions are going to play hard, looking to challenge the opposition at all times.
“I like to say we are a Christian school, but we don’t play Christian basketball,” George said. “We’re going to be physical and we’re going to make things tough for you on the offensive end, because that’s going to make things easier for us on both ends of the floor.”
Becoming a head coach was never George Greene’s dream, but he’s always had a soft spot for helping kids become better people.
Greene will get the chance to do both after being named Coastal Christian’s new boys basketball coach on Feb. 26. Greene takes over for Craig Wheeler, who has coached the Centurions program since its inception in 2007.
“Basketball is just the vessel to provide these kids with valuable life lessons,” Greene said. “Don’t get me wrong, we’re going to compete and try to win at a high level, but it’s much more than that for me.”
Greene was hired as a varsity assistant and coach of the Centurions’ junior varsity team in 2015. His son, Kamron Greene, originally planned on attending Laney but coincidentally followed his father to Coastal Christian. Kamron graduated in 2019 and just finished his freshman season at Cape Fear Community College.
George has been around the game of basketball his whole life. He played at North Carolina A&T and has been a referee at local high school games on-and-off for the past 11 years. He recently returned to refereeing at the request of longtime friend and former Ashley athletic director Roy Turner, who is the Regional Director of Basketball Officials.
“I’ll miss the in-game aspect of refereeing,” George said. “In between the lines, managing the game and overseeing things like that was always fun. But I’m not going to miss the fan interactions, because stuff like that is almost getting dangerous now.”
On the court, George received a ringing endorsement from Wheeler. After resigning on Feb. 26, Wheeler called the StarNews and expressed his immense confidence in George to move the program forward.
George doesn’t plan on changing too much from the past 13 years of Coastal Christian basketball. The Centurions are going to play hard, looking to challenge the opposition at all times.
“I like to say we are a Christian school, but we don’t play Christian basketball,” George said. “We’re going to be physical and we’re going to make things tough for you on the offensive end, because that’s going to make things easier for us on both ends of the floor.”
