During his four-year career with Yankees, he played for the Yankees in the second and last games of the
1943 World Series as the Yankees defeated the
St. Louis Cardinals and he played with such great players as
DiMaggio,
Rizzuto and
Dickey. In the minors before joining the Yankees, Metheny won pennants with Norfolk and the
Kansas City Blues, as well as the
Little World Series with the
Newark Bears. Metheny joined the Old Dominion athletic staff in 1948 as head baseball coach, compiling a 423–363–6 record before retiring in 1980. He was honored by the
NCAA as the Eastern Regional Coach of the Year in 1963 and 1964, a period when his Monarchs captured college division crowns. He was named National Coach of the Year in 1964, and in 1980, his final season as the Monarchs head coach, ODU captured the Virginia State Championship. Metheny served as head basketball coach from 1948 to 1965, compiling a 198–163 record and posting 16 winning seasons. His 198 wins were ultimately surpassed by
Blaine Taylor on January 5, 2011. He also served as athletic director from 1963 to 1970. == Legacy ==