After Football
When his playing career ended, Greenough became an assistant football coach under Beavers head coach Lon Stiner. He married Rae Ardis DeMoss, becoming the brother-in-law of his Rose Bowl teammate Don Durdan, who was married to another DeMoss sister. (Another sister was Oregon golf champion Grace DeMoss.) Greenough later set up his own general contractor business in Corvallis, Oregon.
Greenough was named to the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1981< and the Oregon State University Hall of Fame in 1991. He died in Corvallis in 2005.
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