Jerry Green (basketball coach)

Jerry Green (born c. 1944) was a college basketball coach from the 1980s through 2001. He was the head coach at UNC Asheville, the University of Oregon, and the University of Tennessee.[1][2] He also was an assistant at the University of Kansas under Roy Williams.[3][4][5]

In his four years at Kansas (19881992) under Williams, he helped the Jayhawks to a 103–30 (.774) record and the 1991 national title game.[3] Previously, he spent twelve seasons at UNC Asheville, three as an assistant coach (1976–1979) and his last nine as head coach (1979–1988). Green helped guide Asheville through two major changes in the last three years of his tenure. The Bulldogs made the move up from the NAIA level to the ranks of NCAA Division II, and then became a Division I program for Green's final two seasons. His teams posted a combined 150–108 (.581) record.[6]

Green was the head coach at Oregon from 1992–97,[7] where in 1995 he led the Ducks to their first NCAA tournament appearance since 1961.[8][9] In April 1997, he was hired by Tennessee,[1][2] then resigned four years later in March 2001.[10][11] Green led the Volunteers to four consecutive NCAA tournament appearances,[10] and was succeeded by Buzz Peterson.

He was the Director of Basketball Operations at Indiana University, but has since retired.

Head coaching record edit

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
North Carolina-Asheville Bulldogs (Was Transitioning to Division 1) (1979–1985)
1979–1980North Carolina-Asheville11–16
1980–1981North Carolina-Asheville14–15
1981–1982North Carolina-Asheville19–10
1982–1983North Carolina-Asheville22–9
1983–1984North Carolina-Asheville21–10
1984–1985North Carolina-Asheville15–13
North Carolina-Asheville:89–73
North Carolina-Asheville Bulldogs (Big South) (1985–1988)
1985–1986North Carolina-Asheville20–94–25th
1986–1987North Carolina-Asheville15–115–33rd
1987–1988North Carolina-Asheville13–155–7T-5th
North Carolina-Asheville:48–3514–12
North Carolina-Asheville:150–10814–12
University of Oregon (Pacific-10 Conference) (1992–1997)
1992–93Oregon10–203–159th
1993–94Oregon10–176–128th
1994–95Oregon19–911–74thNCAA 1st Round
1995–96Oregon16–139–9T-5th
1996–97Oregon17–118–107thNIT 1st Round
Oregon:72–7037–53
University of Tennessee (SEC East) (1997–2001)
1997–98Tennessee20–99–73rdNCAA 1st Round
1998–99Tennessee21–912–41stNCAA 2nd Round
1999-00Tennessee26–712–4T-1stNCAA Sweet Sixteen
2000–01Tennessee22–118–84thNCAA 1st Round
Tennessee:89–3641–23
Total:161–106

      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

References edit

  1. ^ a b Conrad, John (April 2, 1997). "UO loses basketball coach". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1A.
  2. ^ a b Conrad, John (April 2, 1997). "Green bolts for greener pastures". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  3. ^ a b "Kansas assistant new UO coach". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). April 1, 1992. p. 1A.
  4. ^ Clark, Bob (April 1, 1992). "UO now Green's machine". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  5. ^ "Oregon hires Kansas basketball assistant". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associaated Press. April 1, 1992. p. D5.
  6. ^ 2 Archived September 29, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Clark, Bob (March 14, 1997). "Hopeful Ducks came up short". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  8. ^ Henderson, Sarah (March 13, 1995). "Ducks going to The Big Dance". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1A.
  9. ^ Clark, Bob (March 13, 1995). "UO's 34-year wait finally over". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  10. ^ a b Davis, Elizabeth A. (March 21, 2001). "Green resigns as Vols' coach". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 1E.
  11. ^ "COLLEGES: MEN'S BASKETBALL; Green, After 22–11 Season, Resigns as Tennessee Coach". The New York Times. March 21, 2001.