Hall of Fame

Former Jefferson State Coach Inducted into NJCAA Hall of Fame

The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Baseball Coaches Association recently inducted former Jefferson State Community College Baseball Coach Don Green into its 2013 Baseball Hall of Fame class.

Coach Green was honored, along with other inductees, at the pre-tournament banquet of the 2013 NJCAA Division I World Series on May 24 in Grand Junction, Colorado.

For 28 years Donald Green piloted the baseball program at Jefferson State. He compiled a 622-428 (.592) career mark in the NJCAA, which ranked him in the top 20 all-time among inactive coaches in the association when he retired in 1996.

Green’s teams won the Alabama Community College Conference (ACCC) North Division 10 times and twice captured the Region 22 title. He was named the North Division Coach of the Year on nine occasions and was a two-time Region 22 Coach of Year recipient.

In addition to coaching, Green promoted baseball in the Alabama region, serving as president of the ACCC Baseball Committee for three years. From 1991 through 1996, he held the position of Athletic Director at Jefferson State.

A native of Birmingham, he was an accomplished athlete at Jones Valley High School. He attended Florida State University and Samford University on football scholarships, lettering three years at Samford, where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree. He later earned a Master of Arts degree from the University of Alabama.

He was inducted into the Alabama Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2001 and the ACCC Hall of Fame in 2004.

Green passed away on April 14, 2011 after a long battle with cancer.