Fairleigh Dicksinson fired coach Tom Green June 4, ending Green’s 26-year tenure. During that time, Green led the team to a 407-351 record, seven seasons with at least 20 wins, four NCAA Tournament appearances and two NIT appearances. However, the Knights finished 7-23 this past season for their third consecutive losing season. The university did not offer a reason for parting ways with Green in a press release, offering only kind words about Green.
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Green expressed shock and anger about his removal in an interview with the New York Post.
“For 26 years I was the coach of this team and an ambassador for this university,” said Green. “I called this place home. For them to treat me this way shows a complete lack of respect for me as a person, as a coach and as a loyal employee.”
“Last Friday, May 29th at 2:30, my athletic director David Langford asked me to meet with him in the human resources office at 4:30,” Green told The Post in an exclusive interview. “He pulled out a release saying he had the support of the president, Dr. [Michael] Adams and he provost, Dr. [Joe] Kiernan to move in another direction and I had been relived of my coaching duties.”
“I had no knowledge, no inkling of this whatsoever,” continued Green.”I went to lunch with David three weeks ago and we talked about nothing but the upcoming season. Then they fire me on the last Friday afternoon in May and here we are on June 3rd and there’s not a head coaching job out there.”
