Kyle Green

Kyle Green (born ) is an American basketball coach. He is currently the head coach of the Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball team. He played college basketball for the Hamline Pipers and has previously worked as a coach for the Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs, Augustana (South Dakota) Vikings, Western State Mountaineers, Marquette Golden Eagles, Lewis Flyers, Wisconsin–Eau Claire Blugolds and Iowa State Cyclones. Early life Green is from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He attended Hamline University in Minnesota where he played four years of basketball for the Hamline Pipers. Green was a starter on the basketball team three years. He graduated from Hamline in 1992 with a bachelor's degree in social studies and psychology, and later received a master's degree in athletic administration in 1999 from the University of St. Thomas. After Green graduated from Hamline, he served as a player-coach from 1992 to 1993 with the Frederica Basketball Club in Denmark, helping the team compile a record of 30–3 with a national championship, and Green was named the league's coach of the year. He then was an assistant coach to Greg McDermott from 2001 to 2003 with the Northern Iowa Panthers. At Northern Iowa, he was assistant coach from 2012 to 2017 before receiving a promotion to associate head coach, a role he served in until 2021. In five years he spent at Iowa State, the team made the NCAA Tournament in every year and twice advanced to the Sweet 16.

On April 1, 2026, Green was hired to serve as the next head coach of Northern Iowa on a five-year contract, which became his fourth stint with the school. Personal life Green has a son and a daughter with his wife Michele, including A. J. Green who became an NBA player.