Brian Green is an American baseball coach and former player, who is the current head baseball coach of the Wichita State Shockers. He played college baseball at Riverside City College, Chapman University, and New Mexico State University between 1991 and 1994. He then served as the head coach of the New Mexico State Aggies (2015–2019) and the Washington State Cougars (2020–2023).
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Wichita State |
| Conference | The American |
| Record | 32–29 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | 1972 or 1973 (age 51–52)[1] Temecula, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | New Mexico State University |
| Playing career | |
| 1991–1992 | Riverside CC |
| 1993 | Chapman |
| 1994 | New Mexico State |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1994 | New Mexico State (student assistant) |
| 1995–1996 | Riverside CC (assistant) |
| 1997–1998 | Cal Poly Pomona (assistant) |
| 1999–2000 | Chapman (assistant) |
| 2001 | Oregon State (volunteer assistant) |
| 2002 | San Diego (assistant) |
| 2003–2004 | Hawaii (assistant) |
| 2005–2008 | UCLA (assistant) |
| 2009–2014 | Kentucky (assistant) |
| 2015–2019 | New Mexico State |
| 2020–2023 | Washington State |
| 2024–present | Wichita State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 281–227–1 |
| Tournaments | NCAA: 0–2 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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Coaching career
editAssistant coach
editGreen served as an assistant baseball coach at New Mexico State University, Riverside City College, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Chapman University, Oregon State University, the University of San Diego, the University of Hawaii at Manoa,[2] the University of California, Los Angeles,[3] and the University of Kentucky.[4][5][6]
New Mexico State
editGreen was named head baseball coach at New Mexico State University on July 31, 2014.[7][8] Green was about to outline a plan for how he recruits hitters, which he applied during his first season a head coach.[9][10] Green was about to help flip the Aggies culture quickly when the 2015 graduated 16 seniors,[11] but he was about to recruit 35 players in his first class.[12] Despite finishing second in the Western Athletic Conference in 2017, the Aggies were named the number 1 seed in the 2017 Western Athletic Conference baseball tournament because Grand Canyon University was ineligible for postseason play.[13] On April 10, 2018, Green won his 100th game as the head coach of the Aggies.[14] He had the Aggies clicking during the non-conference schedule, winning 11 of 12 at one point.[15] Green was able to keep the Aggies rolling, turning their hot start into a WAC tournament championship.
Washington State
editOn June 3, 2019, Green was hired to become the head coach for the Washington State Cougars baseball team.[16]
Head coaching record
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico State Aggies (Western Athletic Conference) (2015–2019) | |||||||||
| 2015 | New Mexico State | 11–38–1 | 7–19–1 | 8th | |||||
| 2016 | New Mexico State | 34–23 | 20–7 | 2nd | |||||
| 2017 | New Mexico State | 35–22 | 19–5 | 2nd | |||||
| 2018 | New Mexico State | 40–22 | 17–7 | T-2nd | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2019 | New Mexico State | 38–17 | 19–8 | T-1st | |||||
| New Mexico State: | 158–122–1 | 82–46–1 | |||||||
| Washington State Cougars (Pac-12 Conference) (2020–2023) | |||||||||
| 2020 | Washington State | 9–7 | 0–0 | Season canceled due to COVID-19 | |||||
| 2021 | Washington State | 26–23 | 13–17 | T–8th | |||||
| 2022 | Washington State | 27–26 | 12–18 | 9th | |||||
| 2023 | Washington State | 29–20 | 10–16 | 10th | |||||
| Washington State: | 91–76 | 35–51 | |||||||
| Wichita State Shockers (American Athletic Conference) (2024–present) | |||||||||
| 2024 | Wichita State | 32–29 | 15–12 | T–3rd | AAC Tournament | ||||
| Wichita State: | 32–29 | 15–12 | |||||||
| Total: | 281–227–1 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
edit- ^ "New Mexico State Athletics - 2018 Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). nmstatesports.com.
- ^ "Rainbow baseball hires Brian Green as hitting coach". University of Hawaii at Manoa. July 3, 2002. Archived from the original on June 1, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
- ^ Kaneshiro, Jason (July 28, 2004). "UH's Green accepts position at UCLA". Starbulletin.com. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
- ^ "UK assistant Green named new baseball coach at New Mexico State". Lexington Herald-Leader. July 31, 2014. Archived from the original on June 1, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
- ^ "New Mexico St. names UK's Green as head baseball coach". The Courier-Journal. August 1, 2014. Archived from the original on May 28, 2024. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
- ^ "Kentucky baseball assistant recruiting ace hired as head coach at New Mexico State". KyForward. August 1, 2014. Archived from the original on June 1, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
- ^ "Former New Mexico State player Brian Green named head coach". NCAA. July 31, 2014. Archived from the original on June 1, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
- ^ Foley, Brian (July 31, 2014). "New Mexico State officially names Brian Green as head coach". College Baseball Daily. Archived from the original on June 1, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
- ^ "Inside interview with NMSU's Brian Green". Inside Pitch. Archived from the original on June 1, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
- ^ Ryan, Sean (January 28, 2015). "Nine Innings with New Mexico State's Brian Green". College Baseball Insider. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
- ^ Baumann, Michael (March 12, 2016). "New Mexico State Redefines Rebuilding". d1baseball.com. Archived from the original on June 1, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
- ^ "New Mexico State improving rapidly under Brian Green". btsnsportscollegebaseball. Archived from the original on June 1, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
- ^ Rudi, Mark (May 22, 2018). "NMSU baseball looks to take the next step in winning a WAC tournament title". Las Cruces Sun-News. Archived from the original on April 18, 2021. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
- ^ "New Mexico State baseball coach Brian Green reaches milestone in win over Lobos". Las Cruces Sun-News. April 11, 2018. Archived from the original on September 19, 2020. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
- ^ Gallegos, Jonah (April 26, 2018). "New Mexico State Baseball to enter important part of the season; a closer look into the WAC". The Round Up. Archived from the original on June 1, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
- ^ Theo Lawson (June 3, 2019). "New Mexico State's Brian Green hired as new Washington State baseball coach". www.seattletimes.com. The Seattle Times. Retrieved June 4, 2019.