Josh Green is in his sixth season with the Youngstown State women's soccer program and his first as Associate Head Coach, and works primarily with the Penguins' goalkeepers.

Last season, Green mentored Brooklynn Kirkpatrick to the best goalkeeping season in program history. Kirkpatrick set the program's single-season records for wins (9), shutouts (8), goals-against average (1.00), and save percentage (.850). Kirkpatrick was also named the Horizon League Defensive Player of the Week three times and earned a spot on the All-Tournament Team. 

YSU's trio of goalkeepers performed well during the 2021 season.  Kirkpatrick, Mackenzie Simon and Zeeyana Jivraj each posted shutouts during the campaign. YSU allowed one-or-fewer goal in 12 games, including each of the final seven contests. YSU allowed more than one goal in just one Horizon League contest. Kirkpatrick led the team with two shutouts. YSU had an .811 save percentage finishing with 133 saves.

During the 2021 spring season (COVID-19 season, Green helped guide four different goalkeepers that saw action during the season. Combined, the Penguins' net-defenders totaled 65 saves and posted a 1.62 goals-against average and a .813 save percentage. Kate McEachern led the team with 31 saves and a .816 save percentage. Jivraj posted her first career shutout against IUPUI in a 0-0 draw.

During the 2019 season, Green guided the Penguins' goalkeepers to another solid year in net. McEachern and Jivraj each saw time in goal this season with McEachern starting a majority of the contests. Jivraj opened the season in net and helped the Penguins to 2-1 victory over Purdue Fort Wayne. McEachern started 15 matches for the Penguins finishing with 94 saves, a 2.01 goals against average and a .752 save percentage to go along with three shutouts. She finished the regular season as the Horizon League leader with 94 saves and 6.27 saves per game.

McEachern's best performance of the season came against Eastern Michigan when she made 14 saves in a shutout performance. McEachern also picked up shutouts in victories over Cleveland State and Detroit Mercy, moving her into a tie for second all-time for career shutouts (six). Among other women's soccer all-time records, McEachern was ninth all-time with a 166 career saves and tied for seventh with four wins in her two seasons. 

In his first season at Youngstown State, Green helped McEachern earn the Horizon League Defensive Player of the Week award on Oct. 8 for her five-save, shutout performance against Oakland. McEachern also led all goalkeepers with 48 saves and 6 saves per game during Horizon League matches. 

Green, spent the eight years as a volunteer coach at South Dakota and also made stops 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.

He 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.