About Coach Greene

George Greene has been named the Director of High Performance/Head Football Sports Performance Coach by Head Coach Joe Harasymiak.

Greene joins UMass after spending nine transformative years at Stony Brook University, where he served as Senior Associate Athletics Director of High Performance and Competitive Success.

At Stony Brook, Greene oversaw all aspects of athletic performance, performance nutrition and sports science, working extensively with the football and men’s basketball teams. He supervised and mentored a multidisciplinary team of staff and coaches to serve over 500 student-athletes. He also served on the Athletic Director’s leadership council and management team, while co-leading the student-athlete support tactical team. Greene advanced through leadership roles, earning a promotion from Assistant Athletics Director for Athletic Performance to the Associate Athletic Director for Athletic Performance in 2019, before his transition to Senior Associate Athletic Director in 2023.

Prior to Stony Brook, Greene spent two years as the Director of Strength and Conditioning at the University of Mary Washington. Greene was the first strength and conditioning coach at UMW in school history, transforming the program into one of the best in the region. He aided in the training and conditioning for 22 varsity sports, while overseeing all aspects of performance nutrition.

Before his time at UMW, Greene was a Tactical Strength and Conditioning Specialist for the U.S. Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg in 2014. There, he provided strength and conditioning services to special operations soldiers to reduce the onset of injuries and improve performance in preparation for deployment. During his time at Fort Bragg, Green received an Excellence Award from the command team from the U.S. Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg for delivering exceptional service and surpassing performance expectations.

Greene served as the Assistant Director of Strength and Conditioning at UMass from 2010 to 2014. He was responsible for designing and implementing training programs for eight varsity sports, while assisting with football and men’s lacrosse. He also spent 2008-09 as the Strength and Conditioning Assistant with the UMass football program.

Greene was a Sports Performance Director at Athletic republic on Long Island, developing training programs for high school, collegiate and professional athletes. Greene got his start in the field of strength and conditioning at Iowa, assisting with the women’s basketball and volleyball teams.

During his career, Greene has worked with several All-Americans, numerous all-conference selections and multiple athletes who have gone on to sign professional contracts in their respective sports.

Greene earned his bachelor’s degree in applied exercise science from Springfield College in 2008 and his master’s in health and human performance from Fort Hays State University in 2015. He is on track to earn his doctorate in sport and performance psychology at the University of Western State in Portland, Oregon, in the summer of 2025.

Additionally, Greene is a certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS) and a registered strength and conditioning coach with distinction (RSCC*D) through the NSCA, a certified specialist in sports nutrition through the ISSA, a certified sports performance coach through USAW, a corrective exercise specialist (CES) through NASM, and is CPR/AED certified through the American Red Cross.