| James Green | |
| Birth Date: | 8 July 1960 |
| Coach Years1: | 1988–1990 |
| Coach Team1: | Idaho (assistant) |
| Coach Years2: | 1990–1992 |
| Coach Team2: | Texas A&M (assistant) |
| Coach Years3: | 1992–1994 |
| Coach Team3: | Alabama (assistant) |
| Coach Years4: | 1994–1996 |
| Coach Team4: | Iowa State (assistant) |
| Coach Years5: | 1996–2004 |
| Coach Team5: | Southern Miss |
| Coach Years6: | 2005–2008 |
| Coach Team6: | Mississippi Valley State |
| Coach Years7: | 2008–2016 |
| Coach Team7: | Jacksonville State |
| Coach Years8: | 2016–2024 |
| Coach Team8: | Meridian CC |
| Overall Record: | 249–315 (college) |
| Tournament Record: | 0–1 (NCAA Division I) 0–3 (NIT) |
| Championships: | SWAC regular season (2007) SWAC tournament (2008) |
| Awards: | Conference USA Coach of the Year (2001) SWAC Coach of the Year (2007) |
James Green (born July 8, 1960) is an American basketball coach. He was most recently the head men's basketball coach at Meridian Community College in Meridian, Mississippi, a position he held from 2016 until his retirement in 2024. Green served as head men's basketball coach at the University of Southern Mississippi from 1996 to 2004, Mississippi Valley State University from 2005 to 2008, and Jacksonville State University from 2008 to 2016.
Green has held posts as assistant coach at the University of Idaho, Texas A&M University-College Station, University of Alabama and Iowa State University.[1] In 1996, he moved on to the poisiton of head coach at The University of Southern Mississippi and later Mississippi Valley State University.[2]
Green interviewed for the head coaching vacancy left by the non-renewal of head coach, Mike LaPlante, on April 18, 2008 in Jacksonville, Alabama. He took over the Jacksonville State Gamecocks men's basketball program, which that had lost 20 or more games in three of the previous four seasons and expected to take a slight hit due to scholarship reduction because of APR Standards not being met. Green was the first black head coach of a major sport at Jacksonville State University.[3]