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UNI Basketball Tabs Iowa State Assistant Kyle Green as New Head Coach
Green returns after 16 seasons on UNI’s staff and helped the Panthers reach four NCAA Tournaments, including a 2010 Sweet 16 run.
- On Wednesday, University of Northern Iowa President Mark Nook and Athletic Director Megan Franklin announced Kyle Green has agreed to a five-year contract as the men's basketball team's new head coach.
- Returning to Cedar Falls, Green spent the previous five years as an assistant at Iowa State University under head coach T.J. Otzelberger, after previously serving 16 seasons as an assistant coach at UNI.
- During his prior tenure, Green helped the Panthers to four Missouri Valley Conference tournament championships and four NCAA Tournament trips, while also contributing 124 wins and a 2024 Big 12 Tournament title at Iowa State.
- Green takes the helm from longtime head coach Ben Jacobson, who departed UNI this week to accept the head coaching position at Utah State after 20 seasons.
- Both his children, AJ and Emerson, played basketball at UNI, establishing deep family ties to the school, with AJ Green currently playing professionally for the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks.
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Kyle Green hired as UNI head coach
CEDAR FALLS — Former Iowa State Cyclones assistant coach Kyle Green was announced Wednesday as the next head coach at the University of Northern Iowa, filling the vacancy after Ben Jacobson departed for Utah State Aggies following 20 seasons at the helm. Green will begin his fourth stint with UNI, marking his 17th overall season with the Panthers. He previously served as an assistant from 2001 to 2003 and from 2006 to 2011 under Greg McDermott a…
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