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 (assistant)
1990–1992	Texas A&M (assistant)
1992–1994	Alabama (assistant)
1994–1996	Iowa State (assistant)
1996–2004	Southern Miss
2005–2008	Mississippi Valley State
2008–2016	Jacksonville State
2016–2024	Meridian CC
Head coaching record
Overall	249–315 (college)
Tournaments	0–1 (NCAA Division I) 0–3 (NIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
SWAC regular season (2007) SWAC tournament (2008)
Awards
Conference USA Coach of the Year (2001) SWAC Coach of the Year (2007)

James Green (born July 8, 1960) is an American basketball coach. He was most recently the head men's basketball coach at Meridian Community College in Meridian, Mississippi, a position he held from 2016 until his retirement in 2024. Green served as head men's basketball coach at the University of Southern Mississippi from 1996 to 2004, Mississippi Valley State University from 2005 to 2008, and Jacksonville State University from 2008 to 2016.

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.

Jacksonville State

Green interviewed for the head coaching vacancy left by the non-renewal of head coach, Mike LaPlante, on April 18, 2008, in Jacksonville, Alabama. He took over the Jacksonville State Gamecocks men's basketball program, which that had lost 20 or more games in three of the previous four seasons and expected to take a slight hit due to scholarship reduction because of APR Standards not being met. Green was the first black head coach of a major sport at Jacksonville State University.

Head coaching record

College

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles (Conference 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 Miss:		116–111 (.511)	54–72 (.429)
Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (2005–2008)
2005–06	Mississippi Valley State	9–19	9–9	6th
2006–07	Mississippi Valley State	18–16	13–5	1st	NIT First Round
2007–08	Mississippi Valley State	17–16	12–6	2nd	NCAA Division I First Round
Mississippi Valley State:		44–51 (.463)	34–20 (.630)
Jacksonville State Gamecocks (Ohio Valley Conference) (2008–2016)
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

• Jacksonville State profile