Josh Green is in his eighth season as South Dakota’s assistant women’s soccer coach. He joined his wife, Mandy, at the helm of the program in March of 2010.
A year removed from reaching the 2015 Summit League Tournament, the Coyotes split the conference season in 2016 with a 4-4-0 record in Summit play. South Dakota won five out of eight home games at the First Bank & Trust Soccer Complex in 2016 with four Summit victories. The Coyotes also defeated Summit League regular season champion North Dakota State 4-0 and the NCAA Tournament qualifier South Dakota State 2-1 during the regular season. Junior defender Katlin Ptacek was named to the all-Summit League second team while freshmen Taryn LaBree and Kellee Willer earned a spot on the Summit's all-Freshmen Team following the 2016 season.
Green has a 35-81-15 record in seven years with the Coyotes, guiding the program to the Division I level while also accumulating the second-most wins by a coach in program history.
Notable athletes during Green’s tenure include goalkeeper Mackenzie Viktor, who ranks second in program history for wins and shutouts, and striker Corey Strang, who ranks third for game-winning goals and fifth for total points.
Green has coached an Academic All-American in Elena Tsakakis, six all-Summit League honorees (Jenny Teslow, Viktor, two-time honoree in Strang, Kasha Meyer and Katlin Ptacek) and eight academic all-Summit League team members (Erin Bello, two-time honoree in Viktor, two-time honoree in Meyer, two-time honoree in Tskakis and Sammie Villwock).
Prior to South Dakota, Green made stops as an assistant coach at Xavier (2009), Loyola Marymount in California (2008-09), Minnesota State-Mankato (2006-08), Iowa (2004-06), and Pepperdine (1996-2003).
As a graduate assistant at Mankato, Green helped the MSU program become a Division II national power. The Mavericks had a 26-9-3 record, boasting three All-Central Region players and eight All-North Central Conference players.
Green also helped build Pepperdine into a Top 25 team. Pepperdine made three appearances in the NCAA tournament from 1996 to 2003.
Green is a 1994 graduate of California Lutheran University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in physical education. He completed his master's degree in sports psychology from Minnesota State, Mankato in 2008.
Green and his wife, Mandy, have a son, Jack, and a daughter, Ashleigh.
