Sidney Green (born January 4, 1961)
Teams coached: North Florida Ospreys, Florida Atlantic Owls
North Florida record: 20-33 (.377)
Florida Atlantic record: 54-131 (.309)
Overall record^: 74-164 (.311)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1 (2002)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- Atlantic Sun Tournament Champion: 1 (2002)
Awards:
- Atlantic Sun Coach of the Year: 1 (2002)
- Big West Player of the Year: 1 (1983)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
1999-2005 | Florida Atlantic |
1997-1999 | North Florida |
1995-1997 | Southampton College |
Sidney Green Facts
- Sidney Green
- Born January 4, 1961
- Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
- Alma Mater: University of Nevada, Las Vegas (BA, 1983)
- Graduated from Thomas Jefferson HS in Brooklyn and then played at UNLV for Hall of Fame coach Jerry Tarkanian
- Averaged 17.4 ppg in his collegiate career (22.1 in 1982-83) and later had his jersey #21 retired
- Named Big West POY as a senior in 1983 and was drafted 5th overall by the Chicago Bulls
- Played in the NBA for 10 seasons, spending time with the Bulls (1983-86), Detroit Pistons (1986-87), New York Knicks (1987-89), Orlando Magic (1989-90), San Antonio Spurs (1990-92) and Charlotte Hornets (1992-93)
- Played for head coaches Kevin Loughery, Stan Albeck, Chuck Daly, Rick Pitino, Matt Guokas, Larry Brown and Allan Bristow
- Got into coaching after retiring from the NBA in 1993, first at Southampton College (now known as Stony Brook Southampton)
- Led the program there for two seasons (1995-97) before moving down to Florida
- Became the head coach at (then NAIA Independent) North Florida in 1997, leading the Ospreys for two years
- Went 20-33 during that time, serving as just the second head coach in the young program’s history
- Left for Florida Atlantic in 1999 and coached the Owls for six seasons (1999-2005)
- Was 54-131 overall, highlighted by the 2001-02 campaign in which the Owls were 19-12 and reached the NCAA Tournament
- Green later went back to the program game, joining the Chicago Bulls as a player development assistant in 2009
- Still works with the Bulls, now as a community relations ambassador
Sidney Green Coaching Tree
- coming soon
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I and NAIA levels only