Greg Todd (basketball)

Greg Todd is an American college basketball coach and is currently in his sixth season as the women's basketball head coach at Morehead State University which is located in Morehead, Kentucky and is a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) in the NCAA's Division I.

Greg Todd
Current position
TitleWomen's head coach
TeamMorehead State
ConferenceOVC
Biographical details
BornBerea, Kentucky
Alma materEastern Kentucky
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1992–1999Berea Community HS
1999–2006Lexington Catholic HS
2006–2014Transylvania
2014–presentMorehead State
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
EA Sports National HS Girls Basketball Coach of the Year (2006)
4× Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Coach of the Year
Kentucky High School Basketball Hall of Fame (2017)
Berea Community School Athletics Hall of Fame (2019)
Lexington Catholic High School Hall of Fame (2019)

Biography

Todd is a native of Berea, Kentucky and a 1978 graduate Berea Community High School. At Berea Community High School, Todd starred on the basketball court where he set still-standing school records for scoring (1,683) and rebounding (966). Following high school, Todd attended Eastern Kentucky University where he graduated in 1984. He and his wife, Renee, have three children, Brooke, Katie, and Robert (Robby). Brooke is a 2018 graduate of Morehead State University where she played four seasons for her father and finished her career ranked second in blocked shots. Katie currently attends Morehead State and is an active member of multiple student organizations on campus.

Coaching career

Todd began his head coaching career at his alma mater, Berea Community High. From 1992-99, Todd led the Lady Pirates to a record of 166–54 and seven 20-win seasons. Todd's 1998 BCHS team achieved the best finish in school history during the 1997-98 campaign as it advanced to the semi-final round of the 1998 KHSAA Kentucky Sweet Sixteen Tournament where it fell to eventual champion, Elizabethtown. In 1999, Todd took over the women's basketball program at Lexington Catholic High. From 1999-06, the coach compiled a stellar 225–26 record which included three KHSAA Kentucky State Championships (2001,05,06) and two runner-up finishes. Todd's 2005-06 team would earn the coach national recognition as the EA Sports National Coach of the Year award as it finished 35-1 on its way to a championship and a KHSAA record #3 ranking in the final USA Today national girl's basketball poll. The team featured five All-State players and seven players that signed scholarships to play in Division I.[1]. Todd finished his 14 seasons coaching in the high school ranks with a combined record of 391-80 (.830) and is the only coach in KHSAA girl's basketball history to win over 375 games and have less than 100 losses.

In July 2017, Todd's achievements coaching high school basketball were recognized as he was inducted into the Kentucky High School Basketball Hall of Fame in Owensboro, Kentucky. In 2019, Todd was inducted into the Berea Community School Athletics Hall of Fame as well as the Lexington Catholic High School Hall of Fame.

Following his run at Lexington Catholic, Todd moved into the collegiate coaching ranks at Division III Transylvania University beginning in 2006-07 season. Todd took over a team that had a losing record the previous season and immediately improved them to a 19–9 record and a third-place finish in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference. After nearly upsetting conference champion Manchester in the conference tournament final, Transylvania received the first of the three invitations to the NCAA Women's Division III Basketball Championship it would get during Todd's tenure. In his eight seasons at Transylvania, his teams won three conferences regular season and two tournament championships, accumulating a record of 157–64.[2][1]

In Todd's first season leading the Morehead State Eagles, his team was picked to finish last in the twelve-team race, but finished 8–8 and in sixth place after fading from an early third place.[3][4] In 2018–2019 Todd had arguably his best season as a coach as he led the Eagles to a 24-11 year capped off by a WNIT bid, only the second ever in program history. In the opening round, the Eagles traveled to Columbus, OH, to play the Big Ten's Ohio State Buckeyes. After trailing most of the first half, Todd's team fought back to score an upset win over the Buckeyes 71-61, which many would consider being the program's biggest victory in the modern era. Todd's Eagles then traveled to Bowling Green KY. to face Western Kentucky and eventually lost in heartbreaking fashion against the Hilltoppers in the round of 32 by a score of 68-65.

While at Morehead State, Todd has coached five players to First-Team All-OVC honors, two players to Second-Team All-OVC honors, two All-OVC Newcomer Team members, and one All-OVC Tournament Team member.

Todd has also helped the program achieve unparalleled recruiting victories as it has signed four previous ESPN Top 100 players.

Head coaching record

Source:

  • OVC 2017-18 Women's Basketball Standings[5]
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
1992–99 Berea Community HS 166–54
1999–2006 Lexington Catholic HS 225–283 State Champions
2 High Schools: 391–82
Transylvania University (Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (Div.III)) (2006–2014)
2006–07 Transylvania Pioneers 19–912–43rdNCAA 1st round
2007–08 Transylvania Pioneers 15–1210–63rd
2008–09 Transylvania Pioneers 23–614–21stNCAA 2nd round
2009–10 Transylvania Pioneers 19–713–4t-2nd
2010–11 Transylvania Pioneers 20–813–5t-2nd
2011–12 Transylvania Pioneers 14–1311–74th
2012–13 Transylvania Pioneers 21–616–21st
2013–14 Transylvania Pioneers 26–317–11stNCAA 2nd round
Transylvania Pioneers: 157–64106–31
Morehead State University (Ohio Valley Conference) (2014–present)
2014–15 Morehead State Eagles 12–188–86th
2015–16 Morehead State Eagles 10–204–1211th
2016–17 Morehead State Eagles 21–1011–52nd2017 Women's NIT
2017–18 Morehead State Eagles 21–1112–6t-4th
2018–19 Morehead State Eagles 24–1113–52nd2019 Women's NIT
Morehead State Eagles: 88–70 (.557)48–36 (.571)
Total:245–134 (.646)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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References
  1. "Greg Todd Named Head Women's Basketball Coach at MSU". Moreheat State Eagles. April 17, 2014. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
  2. "Greg Todd (2007 Women's basketball media guide)" (PDF). Transylvania University. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
  3. "Picked last, Morehead women surprise in OVC". Louisville Courier-Journal. February 12, 2015. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
  4. "WOMEN'S BASKETBALL". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
  5. "Ohio Valley Conference". ovcsports.com. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
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