Brian Green was named the fifth head coach in the modern era of Wichita State baseball on June 7, 2023, and enters his third season with the Shockers in 2026.
In 11 total seasons as a head coach, Green owns a career record of 301-266-1, good for a .531 winning percentage. Green has appeared in seven NCAA Regionals as a head coach or assistant coach at the Division I level.
In his first season with Wichita State in 2024, Green guided WSU to a 32-29 record, including a 15-12 mark in the American Athletic Conference that tied for third place in the conference standings. The Shockers played their best baseball at end of the season, going 7-2 over the final three regular season series before surging to the AAC Tournament Championship game for the first time in program history. Along the way, Wichita State twice defeated top-seeded East Carolina by double-digits, including a run-rule, 12-2 victory to advance to the title game. Wichita State's final RPI ranking of 95 was the program's highest since the 2019 team finished at 83.
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Green came to Wichita State after four seasons at the helm of Washington State, where he improved the Cougars win total in each of his four campaigns. Inheriting a program that won 11 games in 2019, Green guided Washington State to four straight seasons above .500, the first such stretch of success for the Cougars since 2006-10.
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Green went 91-79 overall in his four seasons in Pullman, including a 29-win season in 2023 that matched the most wins for Washington State since 2010.
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Prior to his tenure with Wazzu, Green revitalized the program at his alma mater New Mexico State, authoring college baseball's biggest turnaround in 2016. Following an 11-38-1 mark in his first year with the Aggies, Green led New Mexico State to a 34-23 record the following season, a 23-win improvement. He followed up the impressive turnaround with a 35-20 season in 2017, then engineered a historic 2018 campaign. The Aggies finished 40-22 and claimed their first WAC tournament title, advancing to the NCAA Regionals for the first time since 2012. Green went 38-17 in his final season in Las Cruces, posting the best winning percentage for NMSU in a decade.
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Green is one of the nation's top recruiters, with a résumé highlighted by consecutive top-five ranked junior college classes in 2021 and 2022. While at New Mexico State, he helped recruit and develop eventual first round draft pick Nick Gonzales (#7 overall pick – Pittsburgh Pirates) and at Washington State he oversaw the development of Kyle Manzardo (#63 overall pick – Tampa Bay Rays), the highest Washington State draft pick in 30 years. Green and his staff brought in four consecutive nationally ranked recruiting classes while at New Mexico State, and at Washington State he inked the #29-ranked class in the country in 2021. Over the course of his coaching career, Green has developed more than 50 players who have gone on to play Major League Baseball.
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Green's tutelage has helped produce multiple All-Americans and Academic All-Americans in addition to winners of prestigious national awards such as the Golden Spikes Award, Dick Howser Trophy, John Olerud Award, and numerous national Player of the Year accolades.
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Off the field, Green's teams have been consistently recognized for their community impact and academic achievement. At New Mexico State, Green and the Aggies won four consecutive community service awards, compiling more than 6,000 hours of service over five years. Green's emphasis on academic achievement regularly yields team-record GPAs, honor roll recipients and Academic All-Americans.
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Prior to his two head coaching stints, Green has served as an assistant coach at Kentucky (2009-14) and UCLA (2005-08), in addition to previous coaching roles at Hawaii, Oregon State, San Diego, Chapman University, Cal Poly-Pomona, and Riverside City College.
Green, a native of Temecula, Calif., 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. He played collegiately at Riverside City College, Chapman University, and New Mexico State.
Green is married to the former Becki Francis and they have two daughters, Emily and Zoe.
