James Green (basketball)

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

James Green

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
2008–2016	Jacksonville State
Head coaching record
Overall	249–315
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
SWAC regular season championship (2007) SWAC Tournament championship (2008)
Awards
Conference USA Coach of the Year (2001) SWAC Coach of the Year (2007)

James Green (born July 8, 1960) is an American college basketball coach, formally 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

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles (C-USA) (1996–2005)
1996–97	Southern Miss	12–15	6–8	T–8th
1997–98	Southern Miss	22–11	9–7	3rd National	NIT First Round
1998–99	Southern Miss	14–16	6–10	2nd (National)
1999–00	Southern Miss	17–12	7–9	3rd (National)
2000–01	Southern Miss	22–9	11–5	1st (National)	NIT First Round
2001–02	Southern Miss	10–17	4–12	7th (National)
2002–03	Southern Miss	13–16	5–11	12th
2003–04	Southern Miss	13–15	6–10	10th
Southern Mississippi:		116–111	54–72
Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils (SWAC) (2005–2008)
2005–06	Mississippi Valley State	9–19	9–9	?
2006–07	Mississippi Valley State	18–16	13–5	1st	NIT First Round
2007–08	Mississippi Valley State	17–16	12–6	2nd	NCAA First Round
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
2010–11	Jacksonville State	5–25	3–15	10th
2011–12	Jacksonville State	15–18	8–8	T–6th
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	8–23	4–12	6th (East)
Jacksonville State:		89–153 (.368)	44–91 (.326)
Total:		249–315 (.441)
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