player_team coach_years current_team championships birth_place player_positions overall_record player_years coach_team awards current_title sport birth_date article_title name
syracuse 1971 1983 -- 2009 2011 -- present -- 1972 1972 -- 1976 1976 -- 1983 ccny nec , 2005 -rrb- nec regular season championship -lrb- 1986 , tournament 1988 , 2006 -rrb- championship -lrb- 1985 , 1988 , 1998 brockway , pennsylvania point guard 407-351 1968 -- 1971 drew -lrb- asst. -rrb- fairleigh dickinson ccny -lrb- asst. -rrb- syracuse -lrb- asst. -rrb- tulane nec -rrb- coach of the year -lrb- 1985 , 1986 head coach basketball 29 august 1949 tom green -lrb- basketball -rrb-
 thomas james green
tom green -lrb- basketball -rrb-

tom green -lrb- born august 29 , 1949 -rrb- is the head basketball coach at the city college of new york .
he was previously the head coach at fairleigh dickinson university in hackensack / teaneck , new jersey , where he led the team to a 407-351 record in 26 seasons leading the team .
green had led the knights to two national invitation tournament bids and four ncaa men 's division i basketball championship appearances , the most recent in 2004-05 when the team played the top-seeded university of illinois and lost by 12 points after trailing by one at the half , losing to a team that lost in the national championship game to the university of north carolina .
his 407 wins were the most in fdu history and he has the most wins of any coach in northeast conference play with a 263-129 record in nec games .
green led the fairleigh dickinson university knights to postseason tournament championships in the northeast conference in 1985 , 1988 , 1998 and 2005 , and won league regular season titles in 1986 , 1988 and again in 2006 .
green was named northeast conference coach of the year in 1985 and 1986 .
he coached the team to consecutive seasons with 20 wins in both 2004-05 and 2005-06 .
