West Chester University Athletics

Mildred "Mimi" Greenwood joined the West Chester University faculty in the Health and Physical Education Department in 1965, teaching in the elementary division, supervising student teachers and coaching the third and fourth field hockey teams and varsity badminton squad. She also served as the coach of the third and fourth women’s basketball teams during the late 1960’s.

Additionally, Greenwood also started the West Chester University women's volleyball program in the late 1970s, serving as the program's first head coach.

Greenwood’s athletic administrative career occurred at an important time for women’s athletics. She was the second advisor to the Women’s Intercollegiate Program (Women’s Athletic Director), the first Director of Equal Opportunity in Sport, and a charter member of the Philadelphia, Eastern and National Associations for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW). She was the voting representative for West Chester in these organizations.

Greenwood was also the advisor to the WIAP when West Chester hosted the first National Women’s Basketball Tournament, the Regional Intercollegiate Swimming & Diving Championship and the National Field Hockey Tournament.

She received her undergraduate degree from Wheaton College, her master’s degree from Temple University and her elementary and principal’s certificates from Villanova University and Cheyney University.

Greenwood was the faculty Advisor for West Chester’s National Championship Intercollegiate Boxing Team, which competed in regional and national competition.