James Green (basketball)

For other people named James Green, see James Green (disambiguation).

James Green

Sport(s)	Basketball
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Jacksonville State
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
Record	84–140
Biographical details
Born	(1960-07-08) 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–present	Jacksonville State
Head coaching record
Overall	244-302
Accomplishments and honors
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

James Green (born July 8, 1960) is an American 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. In 1996 he moved on to the poisiton of head coach at The University of Southern Mississippi and later Mississippi Valley State University.

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.

Head Coaching Record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles (C-USA) (1996–2005)
1996–97	Southern Miss	12–15	6–8	t–8th	0–1 (C-USA)
1997–98	Southern Miss	22–11	9–7	3rd National	2–1 (C-USA), 0–1 (NIT)
1998–99	Southern Miss	14–16	6–10	2nd National	0–1 (C-USA)
1999–00	Southern Miss	17–12	7–9	3rd National	0–1 (C-USA)
2000–01	Southern Miss	22–9	11–5	1st National	1–1 (C-USA), 0–1 (NIT)
2001–02	Southern Miss	10–17	4–12	7th National
2002–03	Southern Miss	13–16	5–11	12th	1–1 (C-USA)
2003–04	Southern Miss	13–15	6–10	10th	0–1 (C-USA)
Southern Mississippi:		116–111	54–72
Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils (SWAC) (2005–2008)
2005–06	Mississippi Valley State	9–19	9–9	?	0–1 (SWAC)
2006–07	Mississippi Valley State	18–16	13–5	1st	2–1 (SWAC), 0–1 (NIT)
2007–08	Mississippi Valley State	17–16	12–6	2nd	3–0 (SWAC), 0–1 (NCAA)
Mississippi Valley State:		44–51	34–20
Jacksonville State Gamecocks (OVC) (2008–present)
2008–09	Jacksonville State	11–17	5–14	9th
2009–10	Jacksonville State	11–19	7–11	7th	0–1 (OVC)
2010–11	Jacksonville State	5–25	3–15	10th
2011–12	Jacksonville State	15–18	8–8	T–6th	1–1 (OVC)
2012–13	Jacksonville State	17–11	8–8	T–4th East
2013–14	Jacksonville State	10–21	4–12	T–5th East
2014–15	Jacksonville State	12–19	5–11	4th East
2015–16	Jacksonville State	4–10	0–0
Jacksonville State:		85–140 (.378)	40–79 (.336)
Total:		245–302 (.448)
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

External links

• Bio at JSU