James Green (basketball)
| Sport(s) | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born | July 8, 1960 |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1988–1990 | Idaho (asst.) |
| 1990–1992 | Texas A&M (asst.) |
| 1992–1994 | Alabama (asst.) |
| 1994–1996 | Iowa State (asst.) |
| 1996–2004 | Southern Miss |
| 2005–2008 | Mississippi Valley State |
| 2008–2016 | Jacksonville State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 249–315 (.441) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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SWAC regular season championship (2007) SWAC Tournament championship (2008) |
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| Awards | |
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Conference USA Coach of the Year (2001) SWAC Coach of the Year (2007) |
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Green has held posts as assistant coach at the University of Idaho, Texas A&M University-College Station, University of Alabama and Iowa State University. In 1996, he moved on to the poisiton of head coach at The University of Southern Mississippi and later Mississippi Valley State University.
Green interviewed for the head coaching vacancy (left behind by the non-renewal of past Head Coach, Mike LaPlante) on Friday April 18, 2008 in Jacksonville, Alabama. He took over a JSU Gamecock Program that had lost 20 or more games in 3 of the last 4 seasons and expected to take a slight hit due to APR Standards not being met (Scholarship Reduction). Green is the first black Head Coach of a Major Sport at Jacksonville State University.
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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