James Green (basketball coach)

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Name = James Green


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Title = Head Coach
College = Jacksonville State University
Sport = Basketball
Conference = NCAA Men's Division I
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OverallRecord = 167-160 [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=JSU Basketball Quick Facts | date= | publisher= | url =http://www.jsugamecocksports.com/documents/2008/9/19/0809JSUQFacts.pdf?path=mbball | work =JSU Gamecocks | pages = | accessdate = 2008-10-06 | language = ]
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Championships = 2007 SWAC regular season crown
2008 SWAC Tournament title
Awards = 1999-2000 Conference USA Coach of the Year
2006-07 SWAC Coach of the Year
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Mississippi Valley State
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James Green is a college basketball coach, currently the Head Coach at Jacksonville State University, in Jacksonville, Alabama.

College Coaching career

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. [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Mississippi Valley announces James Green as men's basketball coach | date=July 20, 2005 | publisher= | url =http://www.onnidan.com/05-06/news/july/mvsu0720.htm | work = | pages = | accessdate = 2008-10-06 | language = ] In 1996 he moved on to the poisiton of head coach at The University of Southern Mississippi and later Mississippi Valley State University. [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=JSU Introduces Green as New Men's Basketball Coach | date=4/23/2008 | publisher= | url =http://www.jsugamecocksports.com/news/2008/7/8/MBB_0708083442.aspx?path=mbball | work =JSU Gamecocks | pages = | accessdate = 2008-10-06 | language = ]

JSU

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. [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=James Green first black named head basketball coach at University of Southern Mississippi | date=May 20, 1996 | publisher= | url =http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_n1_v90/ai_18308736 | work = | pages = | accessdate = 2008-10-06 | language = ]

References

External links

* [http://www.jsugamecocksports.com/coaches.aspx?rc=36&path=mbball Bio] at JSU