Harrison Green returns to FIU as special teams coordinator. Green's last stop with FIU came in 2017, before coaching at Johns Hopkins the last two seasons. Green served as the defensive coordinator for the Blue Jays in 2019, after serving as special teams coordinator the year prior.Â
Green's defense at Johns Hopkins allowed just 17.8 points per game in 2019, which ranked 36th overall in D-III. Over the course of two years, his special teams unit combined for 16 blocked kicks.Â
Green helped lead Johns Hopkins to a 12-2 record, a 10th straight Centennial Conference title and the program's first appearance in the NCAA Semifinals in 2018. The Blue Jays rebounded from an early-season loss to win 11 consecutive games en route to their appearance in the final four.
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Prior to his stops at FIU and Johns Hopkins, Green spent two seasons at both SMU (2015, 2016) and the University of South Alabama (2013, 2014).
At SMU, Green worked with the linebackers (2015) and defensive line (2016); one of his players, defensive end Justin Lawler, was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in 2018. He had previously spent the 2013 and 2014 seasons at South Alabama working with the offensive and defensive lines.
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A 2013 graduate of Penn State University, Green got his introduction to coaching under then Nittany Lion head coach Bill O'Brien. Green served as a recruiting specialist on O'Brien's staff during his final year in school.
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Green graduated from Penn State with a degree in accounting, he later earned a master's degree in humanities from SMU in 2016.