Tom Green (basketball coach)
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Tom Green 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.
Green led the team to a 21-10 record in the 1984-85 season. The team won in the ECAC
Metro Conference and earned itself a berth in the 1985 NCAA Tournament
, the first in team history. FDU lost to the top-seeded University of Michigan
by a score of 59-55 in the tourney's first round.
His last two seasons with the Knights were described by The Record as "two of the worst of Green's career", with the team going 8-20 in 2007-08, which deteriorated to 7-23 (3-13 in conference play) in 2008-09, in what turned out to be his final season as head coach. The team missed the Northeast Conference playoffs in both seasons, and his 400th win in the final game of the 2007-08 season was one of the few highlights of these seasons.
With one year remaining on his contract, Green was dismissed by FDU athletic director David Langford, who recognized Green's contributions and noted that "Coach Green has worked for FDU for 26 years and done a lot of good things, and helped the university with its visibility and we're very thankful to him for that." Green criticized the circumstances of his dismissal, stating that "This decision kills my career" and that he had hoped to spend some five more years coaching and had built up a healthy team for the 2009-10 season that he had already begun practices with during the spring.
Coach Tom Green had overseen the FDU Basketball Camp for years.
Coach Tom Green will be currently coaching the men's basketball team at City College of New York, starting in the 2011-2012 season. He will be replacing Andy Stampfel, who coached the last CCNY Men's Basketball conference championship team back in 2003.
City College of New York
The City College of the City University of New York is a senior college of the City University of New York , in New York City. It is also the oldest of the City University's twenty-three institutions of higher learning...
. He was previously the head coach at Fairleigh Dickinson University
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Fairleigh Dickinson University is a private university founded as a junior college in 1942. It now has several campuses located in New Jersey, Canada, and the United Kingdom.-Description:...
in Hackensack
Hackensack, New Jersey
Hackensack is a city in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States and the county seat of Bergen County. Although informally called Hackensack, it was officially named New Barbadoes Township until 1921. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was 43,010....
/ Teaneck
Teaneck, New Jersey
Teaneck is a township in Bergen County, New Jersey, and a suburb in the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 39,776, making it the second-most populous among the 70 municipalities in Bergen County....
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, 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
National Invitation Tournament
The National Invitation Tournament is a men's college basketball tournament operated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. There are two NIT events each season. The first, played in November and known as the Dick's Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off , was founded in 1985...
bids and four NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single-elimination tournament held each spring in the United States, featuring 68 college basketball teams, to determine the national championship in the top tier of college basketball...
appearances, the most recent in 2004-05
2005 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
The 2005 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 65 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 15, 2005, and ended with the championship game on April 4 at the Edward Jones Dome in St...
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
North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
The North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball program is the intercollegiate men's basketball of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and is considered one of the most successful programs in NCAA history...
. His 407 wins were the most in FDU history and he has the most wins of any coach in Northeast Conference
Northeast Conference
The Northeast Conference is a college athletic conference whose schools are members of the NCAA. The NCAA designates the Northeast Conference to the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision for Division I Men's Football and to Division I Sports for all other sports.Founded in 1981 as the ECAC-Metro...
play with a 263-129 record in NEC games.
Green led the Fairleigh Dickinson University Knights to postseason tournament championships in the Northeast Conference
Northeast Conference
The Northeast Conference is a college athletic conference whose schools are members of the NCAA. The NCAA designates the Northeast Conference to the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision for Division I Men's Football and to Division I Sports for all other sports.Founded in 1981 as the ECAC-Metro...
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.
Career
Green was named as head coach by FDU in May 1983, succeeding J. Donald Feeley, whose recruiting had led to a team stocked with players who had academic problems.Green led the team to a 21-10 record in the 1984-85 season. The team won in the ECAC
Eastern College Athletic Conference
The Eastern College Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference comprising schools that compete in 21 sports . It has 317 member institutions in NCAA Divisions I, II, and III, ranging in location from Maine to North Carolina and west to Illinois...
Metro Conference and earned itself a berth in the 1985 NCAA Tournament
1985 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
The 1985 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. This was the first year the field was expanded to 64 teams, from 53 in the previous year's tournament. It began...
, the first in team history. FDU lost to the top-seeded University of Michigan
Michigan Wolverines
The Michigan Wolverines comprise 27 varsity sports teams at the University of Michigan. These teams compete in the NCAA's Division I and in the Big Ten Conference in all sports except men's ice hockey which competes in the NCAA D1 Central Collegiate Hockey Association, and women's water polo, which...
by a score of 59-55 in the tourney's first round.
His last two seasons with the Knights were described by The Record as "two of the worst of Green's career", with the team going 8-20 in 2007-08, which deteriorated to 7-23 (3-13 in conference play) in 2008-09, in what turned out to be his final season as head coach. The team missed the Northeast Conference playoffs in both seasons, and his 400th win in the final game of the 2007-08 season was one of the few highlights of these seasons.
With one year remaining on his contract, Green was dismissed by FDU athletic director David Langford, who recognized Green's contributions and noted that "Coach Green has worked for FDU for 26 years and done a lot of good things, and helped the university with its visibility and we're very thankful to him for that." Green criticized the circumstances of his dismissal, stating that "This decision kills my career" and that he had hoped to spend some five more years coaching and had built up a healthy team for the 2009-10 season that he had already begun practices with during the spring.
Coach Tom Green had overseen the FDU Basketball Camp for years.
Coach Tom Green will be currently coaching the men's basketball team at City College of New York, starting in the 2011-2012 season. He will be replacing Andy Stampfel, who coached the last CCNY Men's Basketball conference championship team back in 2003.