B.J. Green

Biography

B.J. Green is in his fifth season as associate head coach for UAB in 2026. Green comes to The Magic City from Georgia Southern, where he served as the pitching coach since 2009. Since arriving on the Southside, Green's pitchers have been selected to the All-Conference team six times. The 2025 season saw Colin Daniel tabbed with 2nd-Team American Conference honors while Brendan Conner was named to the All-Freshman team. In 2024, Blayze Berry was tabbed with 1st-Team All-AAC honors while Colin Daniel secured 2nd-Team honors. Daniel was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 11th round in 2025. Daniel was the first UAB pitcher drafted in Green's tenure. The 2022 and 2024 seasons were historic for the Green and Gold pitching staff. In both seasons, the Blazers recorded 419 strikeouts on the mound, which is 2nd most in school history. Additionally, Green's pitchers also had the second fewest walks allowed and the second fewest earned runs allowed in the AAC in 2024. The pitching staff accomplished the same feat in 2022 with the second fewest earned runs allowed in Conference USA that season. In 2022, two pitchers were also selected to Conference USA All-Conference teams with Collin Taylor being selected to the All-CUSA 2nd-Team and Thomas Ballard recognized to the All-Freshmen Team. The 2021 season saw the Eagles’ pitching staff post a 3.93 ERA, which ranked third in the Sun Belt Conference. Georgia Southern reached the Sun Belt Conference championship game for the fourth time in th