# James Green (basketball)

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 position 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: | 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: | 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: | Jacksonville State: | 89–153 (.368) | 44–91 (.326) | | |
| Total: | 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 ||||||