Brian Green (baseball)

Brian Green is an American baseball coach and former player, who is the current head baseball coach of the Washington State Cougars. He played college baseball at Riverside City College, Chapman University, and New Mexico State University between 1991 to 1994. He then served as the head coach of the New Mexico State Aggies (2015–2019). In 2019, he was hired at Washington State.

Brian Green
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamWashington State
ConferencePac-12
Record9–7
Annual salary$315,000
Biographical details
Born1972/1973 (age 47–48)[1]
Temecula, California
Alma materNew Mexico State University
Playing career
1991–1992Riverside CC
1993Chapman
1994New Mexico State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1994New Mexico State (student assistant)
1995–1996Riverside CC (assistant)
1997–1998Cal Poly Pomona (assistant)
1999–2000Chapman (assistant)
2001Oregon State (volunteer assistant)
2002San Diego (assistant)
2003–2004Hawaii (assistant)
2005–2008UCLA (assistant)
2009–2014Kentucky (assistant)
2015–2019New Mexico State
2020–presentWashington State
Head coaching record
Overall167–129–1
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
  • WAC Tournament (2018)
  • WAC Regular Season (2019)

Coaching career

Assistant coach

Green 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

Green 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

On June 3, 2019, Green was hired to become the head coach for the Washington State Cougars baseball team.[16]

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
New Mexico State Aggies (Western Athletic Conference) (2015–2019)
2015 New Mexico State 11–38–17–19–18th
2016 New Mexico State 34–2320–72nd
2017 New Mexico State 35–2219–52nd
2018 New Mexico State 40–2217–7T-2ndNCAA Regional
2019 New Mexico State 38–1719–8T-1st
New Mexico State: 158–122–182–46–1
Washington State Cougars (Pac-12 Conference) (2020–present)
2020 Washington State 9–70–0Season canceled due to COVID-19
Washington State: 9–70–0
Total:167–129–1

      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
  1. "New Mexico State Athletics - 2018 Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). nmstatesports.com.
  2. "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.
  3. Kaneshiro, Jason (July 28, 2004). "UH's Green accepts position at UCLA". Starbulletin.com. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
  4. "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.
  5. "New Mexico St. names UK's Green as head baseball coach". The Courier-Journal. August 1, 2014. Archived from the original on June 1, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
  6. "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.
  7. "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.
  8. 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.
  9. "Inside interview with NMSU's Brian Green". Inside Pitch. Archived from the original on June 1, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
  10. Ryan, Sean (January 28, 2015). "Nine Innings with New Mexico State's Brian Green". College Baseball Insider. Archived from the original on June 1, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
  11. Baumann, Michael (March 12, 2016). "New Mexico State Redefines Rebuilding". d1baseball.com. Archived from the original on June 1, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
  12. "New Mexico State improving rapidly under Brian Green". btsnsportscollegebaseball. Archived from the original on June 1, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
  13. 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 June 1, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
  14. "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 June 1, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
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