Jerry Green
Jerry Green (born November 20, 1943)
Teams coached: UNC Asheville Bulldogs, Oregon Ducks, Tennessee Volunteers
UNC Asheville record^: 150-108 (.581)
Oregon record: 72-70 (.507)
Tennessee record: 89-36 (.712)
Overall record^: 311-214 (.592)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 5 (1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 1 (2000)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 1 (1997)
- SEC Regular Season Champion: 1 (2000)
Awards:
- SEC Coach of the Year: 1 (1998)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2006-2007 | Indiana (DBO) |
| 2005-2006 | Oklahoma (DBO) |
| 1997-2001 | Tennessee |
| 1992-1997 | Oregon |
| 1988-1992 | Kansas (asst) |
| 1979-1988 | UNC Asheville |
| 1976-1979 | UNC Asheville (asst) |
Jerry Green Facts
- Jerry Green
- Born November 20, 1943
- Hometown: Greenville, South Carolina
- Alma Mater: Appalachian State University (BS, 1968) / East Tennessee State University (M.Ed., 1971)
- Played two years at Spartanburg Methodist College (SC) before transferring to Asheville-Biltmore (now UNC Asheville)
- Got his bachelor’s degree at Appalachian State, served two years in the Army, and then returned to get his master’s degree at East Tennessee State
- Started coaching as an assistant at UNC Asheville under head coach Bob Hartman, whom he had also played for
- Spent nine seasons as UNCA’s head coach, guiding the program from NAIA to Division II, then finally Division I
- Was an assistant at Kansas for four seasons under Hall of Fame head coach Roy Williams
- Led the Tennessee Volunteers to four straight NCAA Tournaments in four years as head coach before retiring in 2001
- Came out of retirement to spend the 2005-06 season at Oklahoma and 2006-07 season at Indiana, both as Director of Basketball Operations under Kelvin Sampson, before retiring for good in May of 2007
- Along with his wife, Nancy, has one son
Jerry Green Coaching Tree
- Tad Boyle (Colorado, Northern Colorado)
- Bobby Braswell (Cal State Northridge)
- King Rice (Monmouth)
- Byron Samuels (Florida A&M, Radford, Hampton)
- Mark Turgeon (Maryland, Texas A&M, Wichita State, Jacksonville State)
^ UNC Asheville and Overall records include seasons at the NAIA, NCAA Division I and NCAA Division II levels