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Andrew Green

greenat@vmi.edu

540-464-7956

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Andrew Green enters his third season as an assistant coach for the VMI women's soccer program following his hire in August of 2021.

Green comes to the Institute by way of Albion College in Albion, Michigan, where he served as an assistant men’s soccer coach and recruiting coordinator since January of 2020. Among many responsibilities, he assisted in all coaching phases of the program and devised, planned and led all training sessions including goalkeeper training.  He coordinated all travel including transportation, meals and lodging and helped manage the team operations budget.

During the 2021 season, he coached freshman Riley Flanagan to Southern Conference All-Freshman Team honors after she tallied eight goals, which tied for fourth most in the SoCon. She also logged five assists – tied for fifth in the league – for a total of 21 points, third most in the conference. Her 21 points on the year also rank fifth most for a single season in program history and her five assists are tied for third most in a single season. Her respective marks for points and goals also fall in the top 3 for freshman records at VMI.

Green also mentored goalkeeper Jillian Hall to a program-record 142 saves during the 2021 campaign. With one season still to play, Hall ranks fifth all-time in program history for saves with 252 for her career.

Since March of 2019, Green has served as the Director of Goalkeeping, the College Advancement Coordinator and Staff Coach for the Nationals Soccer Club Capital Area based in Lansing, Michigan.  He was responsible for designing a goalkeeper curriculum within the club and led all training sessions for goalies twice a week for ages U10-U19. Green coordinated all recruitment of high school age players in the club, setting them up with recruiting profiles, how to contact coaches and video analysis.

From 2018-2020, Green was an assistant men’s soccer coach for his alma mater, Olivet College in Olivet, Michigan, where he held similar responsibilities to his role at Albion College assisting in all facets of the program.

Prior to returning to Olivet College, Green was an assistant women’s soccer coach at Western Michigan University from July 2016-March 2017. He also has experience in the Southern Conference as he served as an assistant women’s soccer coach at Western Carolina from January 2015 to June 2016.

While in college, he served as the head boys’ varsity soccer coach and assistant girls’ varsity soccer coach at Olivet High School (Olivet, Michigan) from 2013-2015.

Green played collegiately at Olivet College where he was a two-year letterwinner as a center back and outside back. He helped the team to a 30-12-2 record over the two seasons and two consecutive MIAA Conference Championship appearances.

He is certified with an NSCAA advanced national diploma and earned the USSF “D” and “E” licenses. He is registered with an NSCAA GK Level 1 diploma and the NSCAA Foundations of Coaching diploma.

Green earned a bachelor’s degree in social science from Olivet College in May of 2014 and in the spring of 2021 achieved a master’s degree in sport coaching and leadership from Michigan State University.

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