Tommie Green

Tommy Green
Personal information
Born	April 8, 1956; Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.
Died	September 25, 2015 (aged 59)
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight	185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school	McKinley; (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
College	Southern (1974–1978)
NBA draft	1978: 2nd round, 35th overall pick
	Selected by the New Orleans Jazz
Position	Point guard
Number	14
Coaching career	1987–2001
Career history
As player:
1978–1979	New Orleans Jazz
As coach:
1987–1996	Southern (assistant)
1996–2001	Southern
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference

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^th 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.^[1]

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

References

^ ^a ^b Schiefelbein, Joseph (September 25, 2015). "Former Southern basketball star, coach Tommy Green dies Friday at 59". The Advocate. Retrieved September 26, 2015.

External links

Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com

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[obit-1] Schiefelbein, Joseph (September 25, 2015). "Former Southern basketball star, coach Tommy Green dies Friday at 59". The Advocate. Retrieved September 26, 2015.

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