Brian Green (baseball)

Last updated
Brian Green
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Wichita State
Conference The American
Record32–29
Biographical details
Born1972or1973(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)
2015–2019New Mexico State
2020–2023Washington State
2024–present Wichita State
Head coaching record
Overall281–227–1
TournamentsNCAA: 0–2
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
  • WAC Tournament (2018)
  • WAC Regular season (2019) For

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).

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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
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
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-2nd NCAA Regional
2019 New Mexico State 38–1719–8T-1st
New Mexico State:158–122–182–46–1
Washington State Cougars (Pac-12 Conference)(2020–2023)
2020 Washington State 9–70–0Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021 Washington State 26–2313–17T–8th
2022 Washington State 27–2612–189th
2023 Washington State 29–2010–1610th
Washington State:91–7635–51
Wichita State Shockers (American Athletic Conference)(2024–present)
2024 Wichita State 32–2915–12T–3rd AAC Tournament
Wichita State:32–2915–12
Total:281–227–1

      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

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