Brian Green completed his fifth season as the head coach of his alma mater in May of 2019 after being named the 10th head coach in New Mexico State baseball history on Friday, July 25, 2014.
The 2019 season was part of a historic four year stretch that saw Green lead the Aggies to 147 wins from 2016-2019, including 34 wins or more in each of those four seasons. That stretch also includes four straight nationally recognized recruiting classes. Since 2016, Green has helped send 12 players to the professional ranks, including a trio of top six round picks the last three years.
Green, who has appeared in nine NCAA Regionals as a head coach or assistant coach at the Division I level, helped lead the Aggies to a 38-17 mark in 2019 and the programs second ever WAC Regular Season Championship - the first since 2012. The 38 wins was the fifth most in a single-season in program history and included a notable win on the road at Arizona on April 30, giving the program their first win against the Wildcats since 2012.
The offense, led by Green, spent the majority of the year leading the country in eight offensive categories. NM State boasted a final batting average of .356, surpassing the previous school record of .355, set in 1988. The Aggies also shattered the single-season triples record (34) and finished one hit by pitch shy of tying the school record (119), which was set in 2018. NM State concluded the Regular Season leading the country in batting average, runs, runs per game, hits, triples, on base percentage, slugging percentage and hit by pitch. The Aggies were also Top 10 in the country in home runs, walks and sacrifice flies.
Individually, Green helped guide position players Joey Ortiz, Nick Gonzales, Tristan Peterson and Tristen Carranza to historic seasons. Ortiz finished in the Top 8 in program history for a single-season in eight categories. The junior shortstop set a new single-season school record for hits (106), runs (85) and triples (10) en route to WAC Player of the Year honors - just the second WAC Player of the Year in program history. Ortiz also became the career leader in triples (18) and was a semifinalist for the Brooks Wallace Award (best shortstop in the country) and Dick Howser Award (best player in the country) in May 2019. Gonzales, a semifinalist for the Howser Award and the Golden Spikes Award (national player of the year) started the season on a terror and never let up en route to batting .432 with 16 home runs and 80 RBI. Gonzales finished the season Top 10 in the country in seven offensive categories (average, hits, runs, RBI, total bases, on base percentage and slugging percentage) under the tutelage of Green. Peterson enjoyed a breakout season in his first year in the Crimson and White, batting .400 with 20 home runs and 90 RBI. The first basemen flourished with Green's teaching, ranking Top 10 in the country in RBI, slugging percentage and on base percentage. Lastly, Carranza capped off a marvelous career batting .371 with 18 home runs and 73 RBI, a personal best in all three categories. The senior outfielder tied the school record with 21 hit by pitches, previously set by himself the season prior. Carranza was part of Green's first recruiting class in his tenure prior to the 2016 season.
Defensively, Green saw the Aggies collect an impressive .974 fielding percentage, a year after breaking the single-season school record with a .977 clip in 2018. Known as one of the best defenders in the West, Oriz committed only seven errors at shortstop while compiling a .973 fielding percentage. On the mound, Green watched Chance Hroch put together one of the best seasons by an Aggie starting pitcher in program history. Hroch finished the season one win shy of the school record with a 10-1 mark and a 2.74 ERA in 15 starts while earning first team All-Conference accolades.
At seasons end, NM State placed six players on the All-Conference list with Ortiz earning Player of the Year honors. Third basemen Eric Mingus was part of the group of six. After making zero starts in his first year in the program in 2018, Mingus compiled a .332 batting average with five home runs and 52 RBI in 2019 with the tutelage of Green.
Off the field, Green's program earned the NM State Athletics Community Service Award for the fourth straight year in 2019 and set the program attendance record for the fourth time since 2015. The program has accumulated over 6,000 hours of Community Service since Green took over the program.
Green guided the Aggies to a historic season in 2018, leading the team to a 40-22 overall record, a 17-7 mark in Western Athletic Conference play, the first WAC Tournament title in program history and just the fourth Regional appearance in the history of the program.
2018 marked just the second time in program history in which the team recorded 40 wins and reached an NCAA Regional.
Along the way in 2018, NM State shattered three team records and five individual records. NM State established new single-season team records in strikeouts (537), hit by pitch (119) and team fielding percentage (.977). Individually, Kyle Bradish broke the school record for strikeouts in a season (140), Jonathan Groff broke the record for wins (11), Brock Whittlesey broke the saves record (12), Tristen Carranza was hit by a program record 21 pitches and Caleb Henderson set a new school record for games played (62).
NM State placed seven players on the All-Conference list at the end of the Regular Season with three players claiming All-American honors. Groff became the first conference pitcher of the year in program history while Nick Gonzales earned WAC Freshman of the Year honors, the first Aggie to receive the honor in the schools history in the WAC.
Groff, Bradish and Gonzales all captured All-American honors. Groff earned Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Second Team All-American honors while Bradish was named a Third Team All-American by Perfect Game/Rawlings.
Meanwhile, Gonzales captured Freshman All-American honors from three different publications (Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, NCBWA and Perfect Game/Rawlings).
In June of 2018, Bradish became the highest drafted player in program history when the Los Angeles Angels selected him in the fourth round (121 overall). Bradish became the third Aggie since 2016 to be drafted in the top six rounds.
Green led NM State to a 35-20 overall record and 19-5 mark in Western Athletic Conference in 2017. At season's end, the Aggies were ranked in the top-25 nationally in multiple categories. These impressive totals include finishing second in triples (31), fourth in batting average (.322), seventh in slugging percentage (.501), eighth in scoring (7.9 runs per game), 12th in on-base percentage (.403), 17th in runs (453) and 18th in hits (650).
Under Green’s leadership the Aggies saw multiple players earn postseason honors. Seven New Mexico State players earned recognition on the All-WAC baseball teams, tied for the most in 2017 with CSU Bakersfield and the most in school history since 2012.
The All-WAC honorees included first-team honorees Dan Hetzel, Mason Fishback, LJ Hatch and Kyle Bradish. Then on the second-team the Aggies saw Brent Sakurai, Tristen Carranza and Jonathan Groff earn the distinction.
Behind the plate, Fishback earned a Second-Team All-American nod from the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper. Fishback was just the second Aggie to be named to the Collegiate Baseball post-season All-American team, joining 2002 selection Gabe Veloz.
Sakurai was also named to the Midwest All-Region Second-Team as voted on by members of the ABCA and the process is led by the ABCA NCAA Division I All-America Committee.
Following the season, the Aggies made history in the 2017 MLB Draft. NM State pitcher Marcel Renteria was selected in the sixth round, pick 187, by the New York Mets. This was the first time in program history that two Aggies had been drafted in the first six rounds. Renteria was also just the fifth NM State player all-time to be drafted in the first 10 rounds.
Creating leaders off the field as well, Green and the entire NM State baseball team posted the most community service hours among all Aggie teams with a combined total of 1,765 hours. This commitment to the community helped earn the squad their second Male Team Community Service Award in 2017.
In just his second season, Green helped guide the Aggies to the best win improvement in all of college baseball. The turnaround was a few wins shy of the biggest turnaround in NCAA history. After compiling a record of 11-38-1 in 2015, Green and the Aggies finished 2016 with a record of 34-23. Among the 34 wins was an early March road upset of nationally ranked and eventual College World Series participant, Texas Tech.
In the offseason leading up to the 2016 campaign, Green and his staff were recognized for having the 37th-best recruiting class in the country as rated by Collegiate Baseball. The recruiting class included a pair of 2016 MLB draft picks in Joe Galindo (13th round) and Tyler Erwin (23rd round). Both of the draft picks were only juniors and had just concluded their first year with the Aggies. Green didn’t stop there as Collegiate Baseball ranked their 2017 recruiting class 33rd best in the country, marking the 12th-consecutive year he has racked up a ranked class from a national publication.
Green mentored five players from the 2016 roster that earned all-conference honors at the conclusion of the 2016 regular season – including Johnson, the Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year.
Johnson was the easy choice for WAC Player of the Year after batting .382 with 12 home runs and 50 runs batted in. He also recorded seven triples and stole 29 bases on the season. He also led the conference in batting average, hits, home runs, stolen bases and runs scored. Johnson was also named an ABCA/Rawlings Third Team All-American and finished the 2016 campaign fourth in the country in hits.
Green helped engineer a near 3-run improvement in team ERA from 2015 to 2016. NM State compiled a 4.61 team ERA in 2016, which was the second-best in program history. Individually, closer Joe Galindo's ERA of 2.48 was the best by an Aggie since 1972.
At the conclusion of the 2016 campaign, pitcher Kyle Bradish became the first-ever Aggie hurler to earn Freshman All-American honors. Bradish also finished the 2016 season with the most strikeouts by a freshman in program history.
Of the three players that were drafted in the 2016 MLB Draft, Johnson was the first drafted, going off the board in the fifth-round to the Washington Nationals and became the second-highest draft pick in school history. Galindo was the first NM State pitcher taken in the draft when he was selected by the San Diego Padres in the 13th round. Meanwhile, Erwin was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the 23rd round. With Quinnton Mack going in the 35th round to the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2015, the current Aggie Staff has had 4 players move on professionally in just 2 seasons. The three players drafted also marked the first time since 2009 that NM State had Aggies drafted in the same year.
“We have been really proud of the professional and athletic development that has gone on in our first three seasons, it’s a testament to the efforts our assistant coaches,” Green said. “We believe in 3 pillars as a staff, which guides us in our vision. To Recruit and Develop, to Teach within our system and to Inspire our Community. These are the founding principles which bring us to work energized every day to serve our players and administration”
Off the field, the Aggies have certainly made an impact in the community. The baseball team has clocked over 4,000 hours of community service in Green’s three seasons in Las Cruces, including winning the Male Team Community Service Award for the first time in 2015. The Aggies have partnered with Special Olympics New Mexico, the Meca Miracles and the Las Cruces Special Needs in establishing each groups specific day at the ballpark to interact with the Aggie Players. In the fall of 2015, NM State Baseball was recognized for Community outreach with their video production of “Special Needs Day”.
In the classroom, the Aggies have excelled. Since the fall of 2014, the NM State baseball team has earned a cumulative team GPA of 3.01 and have placed 13 players on the WAC All-Academic team and have had 34 Aggie ball players named Crimson Scholars.
The Aggies have also set school records for season ticket sales in back-to-back years and almost tripled the previous record, as well as setting records for gate attendance and revenue earned since the fall of 2014. In addition, Aggie baseball now has RV’s routinely in attendance for home baseball weekends.
“We teach our kids that if you want something in life, your number one determinant of potentially achieving success is the understanding that we are entitled to very little, and that the concept of earning is the key to sustainability and potential success,” said Green. “We believe that by getting out into the community, we can engage all of the baseball people to come out and impact our team. They certainly have done that after 2 seasons.”
Green came back to his alma mater after coaching for six seasons as an assistant at Kentucky. In 2014, he directed the best offense in college baseball and in Kentucky history. Green was UK’s offensive coordinator and infield defensive coach.
During his time in Lexington, Green guided one of the top offensive units in the nation, with the Wildcats consistently boasting a well-rounded approach among the Southeastern Conference leaders. Green implemented an offensive style that puts emphasis on speed and athleticism, with an aggressive approach at the plate and on the base paths – a system that proved to brilliantly foreshadow the NCAA change in bats.
A native of Temecula, Calif., Green was a four-year assistant coach at UCLA before going to Kentucky as one of the top hitting instructors in college baseball. A tenacious recruiter, he had tremendous success while on the west coast as the recruiting coordinator with traditional powerhouse UCLA, where he recruited the bulk of the Bruins that recently won the national championship.
Other stops for Green include Hawai’i, Oregon State, San Diego, Chapman University, Cal Poly-Pomona, Riverside Community College and New Mexico State.
Green’s dynamic offense at Kentucky in 2014 led the SEC in eight categories, ranking in the top three in 10-of-13 major categories. UK led the league in average (.299), slugging (.446), on-base percentage (.398), runs (472), RBI (423), homers (60) and hit batters (109). The Wildcats were also ranked second in the SEC in hits (655) and doubles (121), while ranking third in walks (268).
Green's offensive approach in 2014 was spearheaded by a focus on situational hitting, two-strike approaches and quality at-bats. UK finished as the SEC leader in pinch-hitting average (.388), two-out hitting (.310) and two-out RBI (167) while leadoff hitters reached on base in 39-percent of their opportunities.
At seasons end, UK finished third in runs, fourth in homers, fifth in scoring and hits, sixth in hit batters and on-base percentage, eighth in slugging and ninth in doubles nationally.
Green transformed the Kentucky offensive attack into a proving ground for professional baseball with a school-record 23 position players drafted or signed to a professional contract during his time at UK, including four position player that were drafted in 2014.
Kentucky saw A.J. Reed go to the Astros to open the second round followed with centerfielder Austin Cousino going in the third round to the Seattle Mariners. Reed and Cousino marked the highest drafted position player duo in program history. Third baseman Max Kuhn, who had three at-bats as a freshman, and hit under .250 as a sophomore, was a 13th-round pick in the draft by the Athletics. Kuhn finished 2014 leading the SEC and all BCS conferences in runs scored, becoming the first UK player to lead in the SEC in runs since Billy White in 1988.
Fifth-year senior Michael Thomas was also picked in the 2014 MLB Draft, going to the Detroit Tigers, while senior shortstop Matt Reida signed with the Tampa Bay Rays as an undrafted free agent.
Green’s dynamic offense was paced by one of the best players in the history of college baseball in 2014, two-way star and Golden Spikes Award Winner, AJ Reed. The Golden Spikes Award is given to the top collegiate baseball player in America.
The first pick of the second round in the 2014 MLB Draft by the Houston Astros, Reed was named the Dick Howser Trophy Award winner, the Baseball America College Player of the Year, Collegiate Baseball’s Player of the Year and the American Baseball Coaches Association National Player of the Year. The first national player of the year in Kentucky history, Reed also won the 2014 John Olerud Award, given to the nation’s top two-way player. In addition, Reed was named SEC Player of the Year by the conference coaches and SEC Male Athlete of the Year by the league athletics directors.
After establishing a reputation as a tenacious recruiter, Green’s shortstop at UCLA, Brandon Crawford, solidified himself as one of the best young shortstops in the big leagues while playing with the 2012 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants and earned another championship ring in 2014.
Since 2004, Green’s guidance as an infield and hitting coach improved the draft stock of 26 players – 24 between Kentucky and UCLA and two at New Mexico State within the last two years.
In addition to his recruiting duties and ability as UK’s offensive coordinator, Green also served as Kentucky’s infield defensive coach. He has coached some of the most talented infielders in Kentucky history since 2009, while also coaching UCLA’s infield for four seasons, with Crawford, Jermaine Curtis and Alden Carrithers earning All-Pac-10 honors under his guidance.
At Kentucky, Green’s 2009 middle infield, shortstop Chris Wade and second baseman Chris Bisson, became the first double play combo in nearly 120-year history of the program to each earn All-SEC honors. Taylor Black led SEC shortstops in defensive assists, with Reida serving as a three-year starter at shortstop. Second baseman J.T. Riddle also shined defensively at second base, leading all SEC second baseman in assists over his three years at the keystone.
In 2014, Green’s defense led the SEC and ranked third in the NCAA in double plays turned, with Reida, freshmen second baseman JaVon Shelby and Connor Heady forming a new double play tandem.
Green was honored as a featured speaker at the 2011 American Baseball Coaches Association Convention in Nashville, Tenn. His presentation was on infield defense and double play specifics in front of an estimated 5,000 coaches and did so once again in 2015 in Orlando on offensive approach.
During his time at Kentucky, Green helped Henderson and fellow UK assistant Brad Bohannon welcome the best classes in program history, while also shining as UCLA’s recruiting coordinator that beefed up the roster for the Bruins’ Omaha run in 2010.
In his first season, Green helped UK secure the fourth-best recruiting class in the nation according to Baseball America – a new Kentucky record. UK then ranked No. 6 in 2010, No. 16 in 2011, No. 25 in 2012 – a class that featured Reed, Cousino and righty Chandler Shepherd – No. 11 in 2013 and No. 25 in 2014.
In his two seasons as the UCLA recruiting coordinator, Green helped secure the No. 13 and No. 7 best recruiting classes in the nation in the fall of 2006 and fall of 2007, respectively, as ranked by Baseball America. Green also played a large role in assisting UCLA land the No. 5 ranked recruiting class in 2005, as rated by Baseball America.
Using an offensive philosophy geared towards utilizing the athletic ability of his hitters, Green turned UK’s offensive attack into a high-energy threat. In 2010, UK ran all over the base paths, leading the SEC with an eye-popping 120 stolen bases, with Bisson leading the league with 32 stolen bases and Neiko Johnson ranking fourth with 24 stolen bags in just 21 starts.
During the 2011 campaign, Green’s offensive approach shined with the new NCAA bat standards, as the Wildcats finished the year ranked second in the SEC in slugging percentage, doubles, homers and total bases. UK also led the league in hit by pitches and ranked fourth in average and fifth in stolen bases.
Under the direction of Green in 2011, outfielder Chad Wright and third baseman Thomas McCarthy developed into one of the best hitters in both the SEC and nation. Wright became one of the top hitters in the nation and signed with the Tigers after being selected in the ninth-round of the MLB draft after his junior season. With Green, McCarthy batted .371 with seven homers and 39 RBI at the Division I level after transferring from a junior college. He wound up earning First-Team All-SEC honors and became the first Wildcat third baseman to earn first-team conference accolades since 1972.
Green’s 2012 UK team had a historic campaign, winning a school-record 45 games. The Wildcats also soared to No. 1 in the country for three-straight weeks for the first time in UK history, and equaled its best finish in the NCAA and SEC Tournaments ever. With Green’s supervision, the UK offense ranked No. 3 in the SEC in average (.294), No. 2 in slugging (.433), No. 2 in on-base percentage (.380), No. 2 in runs scored (383), No. 1 in hits (641), No. 2 in RBI (351), No. 1 in doubles (123), No. 2 in home runs (56) and No. 2 in total bases (942).
Prior to becoming the offensive coordinator for Kentucky in the Southeastern Conference, Green was the infield and hitting coach at UCLA, helping to lead the Bruins to 115 wins in four years while posting 33 wins in each of his last three seasons. Green had a huge impact in recruiting the bulk of the Bruins roster, in addition to coordinating the UCLA infield defense and overseeing the Bruins offensive attack.
Green’s instruction as the infield coach for those four seasons had tangible results, as Bruins cornerstone infielders Curtis (third base) and Crawford (shortstop) earned All-Pac-10 recognition three-straight years. Likewise, second baseman Carrithers gained All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention accolades in 2007 before earning All-Pac-10 honors in 2008.
The Bruins turned a conference-leading 65 double plays in 2008, as Crawford and Carrithers helped steady UCLA’s defense up the middle.
In 2007, Green guided UCLA’s hitters to a .296 batting average and 51 home runs, the fourth-highest total in the Pac-10 Conference. That spring, Gabe Cohen compiled a .345 batting average, belted 10 home runs and totaled 36 RBI to earn Pac-10 Co-Newcomer of the Year honors with USC shortstop Grant Green.
Green helped lead the Bruins to three consecutive NCAA Regional appearances, a first in school history, and advanced to the Super Regionals in 2007. In 2006, Green’s infielders contributed to UCLA’s .977 fielding percentage, which topped in the Pac-10 and sixth in the nation. Crawford earned freshman All-America honors that season before playing for the USA National Team in the summer of 2006. Curtis gained All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention accolades after leading all Bruin starters with a .325 batting average.
While serving as an assistant at the University of Hawaii in 2003 and 2004, Green doubled as the team’s hitting instructor, infield coach and base running coach. He also assisted with recruiting efforts. In 2004, Green helped Hawaii head coach Mike Trapasso earn 2004 Western Athletic Conference Coach of the Year honors, and in 2003 he coached two Rainbow Warriors who earned Freshman All-America accolades.
Prior to his time at Hawaii, Green was an assistant at the University of San Diego for the 2002 season where he helped the Toreros capture their first West Coast Conference title in school history. USD led the conference in batting average, runs scored, walks and fewest strikeouts that season with Green while head coach Rich Hill gained WCC Coach of the Year honors.
In the summers of 2001 and 2002, Green served as head coach of the Kenai Peninsula Oilers of the Alaskan Summer Baseball League. In 2001, Green’s Oilers became the only Alaskan League team to defeat the U.S. National Team, winning 4-1.
Green also spent time as a volunteer assistant in 2001 at Oregon State and also served stints at Chapman University, Cal Poly Pomona and Riverside Community College. At Chapman in 2000, Green helped lead the Panthers to a third-place finish at the Division III World Series. Prior to that, he helped lead Chapman to a 39-5 overall finish during the 1999 campaign. The Panthers’ infield corps also led the nation in double plays turned that year thanks to Green.
Green began his coaching career in 1994 where he served as a student assistant at his alma mater, New Mexico State. Green spent his first two collegiate seasons playing at Riverside Community College (1991-92) before transferring to Chapman (1993) and then eventually New Mexico State (1994).
Green, 45, graduated from New Mexico State with a degree in business management in 1995 and earned his Master’s degree in education from National University in 1997. Green has spoken at the American Baseball Coaches Association twice and began his first year (2017) as the West Region Representative for the ABCA.
He is married to the former Becki Francis (also an NMSU Graduate). The Greens have two daughters, Emily Rae and Zoe Addison and are proud residents of Las Cruces again.
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS SHORTSTOP BRANDON CRAWFORD:
CRAWFORD WAS ALSO A SHORTSTOP AT UCLA AND A FOUTH ROUND DRAFT PICK
NOTE: During his time as the recruiting coordinator, hitting and infield coach at UCLA (2005-08), Brian Green recruited and coached All-American shortstop Brandon Crawford. Crawford helped lead the San Francisco Giants to the World Series Title in 2012 with clutch hitting and has emerged as one of the top defensive shortstops in baseball.
On his relationship with Coach Green during the recruiting process at UCLA …
“I was getting recruited by a lot of schools. UCLA was up there, along with a couple others. Greenie was someone that I liked because he was so easy to talk to. I could just tell after talking with him a few times that I was going to be able to get along with him. I didn’t know much about his experience at that time, but I could just tell that he was someone I could get along with as a coach and be friends with long after he was my coach, which we still are.”
On the importance of developing defensively in college …
“Defense was always fun for me. In high school, I always loved taking ground balls and I was pretty good defensively but going to UCLA, I wanted to stay at shortstop. I was getting bigger and I wanted to stay at shortstop and still be able to keep my range and make plays. Greenie helped a lot with my footwork. That was the first time I had ever really heard about rhythm in the infield and he helped me out that way a lot.”
On Green’s ability to help his develop a pitch-by-pitch focus defensively …
“I have come a long ways. I don’t think I was ever an up and down player. I would try my best to take it pitch by pitch but Greenie really harped on that while we were at UCLA. He said that ‘you can’t worry about the pitch before, the at bat before or the error you made earlier that inning. You have to focus on the next pitch and figure out a way to wipe off whatever happened before and focus on the next pitch,’ and I have been able to take that to the big league level.”
On Green’s personality as a coach and ability to relate to young, talented players …
“You just feel comfortable with him as a player. You can go up and talk to him about anything. It may not be baseball related. He is just an easy guy to get along with and that is what you want in a coach. You don’t want to be scared to go talk to them you want to have a conversation with them and be buddies with them afterwards.”
KENTUCKY BASBALL STAR AND THIRD ROUND DRAFT PICK AUSTIN COUSINO:
"Coach Green is one of the biggest reasons for the development of my baseball career at Kentucky. He understood and worked personally with each player and myself on their swing, defense and their mental approach to the game. The knowledge he brought to the field helped us to the most successful three years in Kentucky baseball. His care for me away from field is what is the most special and unique part of our relationship. I know I can count on him to always be there for me.”
2014 GOLDEN SPIKES AWARD WINNER AND CURRENT HOUSTON ASTROS FIRST-BASEMAN A.J. REED
REED WAS ALSO THE UNANIMOUS COLLEGE NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR; SEC PLAYER OF THE YEAR; SEC MALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR; AND SECOND ROUND DRAFT SELECTION
"Coach Green has been a great influence on my baseball career. From the moment I stepped onto campus, he was committed to doing everything in his power to make me a better man and baseball player. As a freshman, Coach Green helped ease me into college baseball and helped me take a step towards pro baseball as a sophomore. After my sophomore season didn't go as well as I, or our team, could have hoped, Coach Green never gave up on me and just went to work to help myself and our team reach its potential. In the offseason before my junior year, Coach Green really emphasized improving my opposite-field and two-strike approaches which helped me take my game to another level. A lot of the credit for the progress I made as a junior can go to Coach Green and his constant dedication to make me a better player. And off the field, Coach Green is always going to be a close friend and someone I can always reach out to for advice."
