Tommie Green Explained

Tommy Green
Height Ft:6
Height In:3
Weight Lb:185
Birth Date:8 April 1956
Birth Place:Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.
Highschool:McKinley
(Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
College:Southern (1974–1978)
Draft Year:1978
Draft Round:2
Draft Pick:35
Draft Team:New Orleans Jazz
Career Number:14
Career Position:Point guard
Coach Start:1987
Coach End:2001
Team1:New Orleans Jazz
Cyears1:1987–1996
Cteam1:Southern (assistant)
Cyears2:1996–2001
Cteam2:Southern
Bbr:greento01

Tommy L. Green (April 8, 1956 – September 25, 2015) was a professional basketball point guard who spent one season in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the New Orleans Jazz during the 1978–79 season. He was drafted by the Jazz from Southern University and A&M College during the second round (35 pick overall) in the 1978 NBA draft. In 1987, Green returned to Southern University first as an assistant coach then as the head coach from 1996 to 2001.

Green died on September 25, 2015, at the age of 59.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Schiefelbein . Joseph . Former Southern basketball star, coach Tommy Green dies Friday at 59 . . September 25, 2015 . September 26, 2015.