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Kelly Green
Men - Basketball - Head Coach
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He has reached the pinnacle of coaching at AWC, but there’s so much more that Kelly Green looks to accomplish as he begins Year #13 holding the reins of one of the NJCAA’s most successful men’s basketball programs ever. Green achieved a mark that many thought might not ever be reached last February 21st, when he earned his 293rd coaching victory at AWC, thus surpassing current Matadors’ assistant Jim Amick as the winningest coach in AWC history. You’ll be able to add two more major milestones to Green’s storied resume’ this season: surpassing Amick for the longest consecutive head coaching stint for Matador Men’s Basketball; and hitting the 300-win plateau (he needs 5 more). Green’s teams have averaged an incredible 24 wins per season during his 12-year tenure, making AWC the winningest college or university men’s basketball program in the state of Arizona over that time, and the 5th-most successful program in the nation over the past 5 seasons. Green has led the Matadors to 6 straight Region I Finals’ games, winning 4 Region I Championships during that stretch. Under Green’s tutelage, the Matadors made back-to-back NJCAA Tournament appearances in 2006 and 2007 for the first time in 30 years, and won their first game at the tournament since 1991.
Green’s illustrious 24-year coaching career began at Frank Phillips College in Texas, where as the youngest head coach in the Lone Star State at that time, he led the men’s basketball team to its first winning season in a decade. Green then moved on to Texas JC power Western Texas College before getting his first taste of NCAA Division I coaching as the top assistant at the University of Texas-Pan American. While at UTPA, the team recorded the 4th-best turnaround in NCAA Division I and had the highest conference finish in school history. After brief stints at Western New Mexico University and Angleton Texas High School, Kelly and his family came back to the community college ranks.
Kelly’s coaching success is no accident, since everywhere you look in the Green family, there is a successful basketball coach. His father, Cletus, recently retired after compiling 767 wins as a head coach at the high school, community college and NCAA Division II level. Kelly's brother, Steve, will begin his 10th year as head coach of the South Plains College men’s basketball team, and led them to their first-ever NJCAA Division I Basketball Championship in 2008, earning him the NJCAA Division I Coach of the Year Award. Kelly is a graduate of Northwestern Oklahoma State University where he lettered in basketball and tennis for two years. He has a Bachelor's Degree in Business Management from NWOSU and a Master's Degree in Education from Oklahoma City University. Kelly is married to the former Ginger Ratzlaff of Mannford, Oklahoma. They have 2 kids, Caspian and Dakota.
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Jim Amick
Men - Basketball - Assistant Coach
There were a few coaches before Jim Amick arrived at AWC that achieved success, but none truly took the program to a sustained level of success like Amick did. Amick has been a part of the Matadors’ athletic program since 1978, and was the men’s head basketball coach for 13 of those years (in two different stints). During his first stint from 1978-90, Amick’s teams never won less than 18 games, and Amick led the Matadors to 3 conference titles and 2 national tournament berths. After coaching one final year in 1996-97, Amick handed the reins over to Kelly Green, but Green wouldn’t allow Amick to ride off into the sunset, realizing that Amick’s valuable knowledge and candor would be essential to keeping the program moving at a high level of success. Amick’s final overall coaching record was an amazing 292-91 mark. Fans will once again look to the end of the Matador bench to find Amick in his familiar spot as he continues to try to fulfill his promise of becoming the oldest assistant coach in ACCAC history. Jim and his wife, Diane, have been long standing members of the Yuma community.
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Kyle Isaacs
Men - Basketball - Assistant Coach
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He’s only been a member of the AWC Men’s Basketball program for a year, but Kyle Isaacs has become an integral part of the team’s success-on and off the court. Isaacs oversees the team’s individual workouts and study hall, and also helps with recruiting. Isaacs has the rare distinction of being part of both Green brothers’ basketball programs, having been a student manager for Kelly Green’s brother, Steve, at South Plains College in Levelland, Texas from 2002 through 2004. After his 2 years with the Texans, Isaacs got the chance of a lifetime: to be the student manager for legendary coach Bob Knight at Texas Tech University. While at “Tech”, Isaacs was part of the Red Raiders’ squad that went to the ‘Sweet 16’ of the 2005 NCAA Tournament. Knight put a lot of trust in Isaacs, making Kyle responsible for the break-down of opposing teams, recruitment and individual workouts with the players. After being promoted to graduate assistant, he was part of the filming of the hit reality TV show “Knight School” and was on the bench when Coach Knight became the winningest coach in NCAA Men’s basketball history with his 880th career victory.
Isaacs also teaches in AWC’s Physical Education and Wellness Department. Isaacs earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Exercise and Sports Science while at TTU, and just earned his Master’s Degree in Sports Management this past year.
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Lance Von Vogt
Men - Basketball - Assistant Coach
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Lance Von Vogt has never been on the AWC bench when the team didn’t go deep into the postseason, and expects nothing less of this year’s team as he begins his 4th season with the Matadors. His vocal style is a perfect complement to Kelly Green’s. Since his arrival, Von Vogt has served as Green’s top assistant and is in charge of recruiting and the Matadors’ strength and conditioning program. His experience makes him invaluable as a coach on the floor, in scouting opponents and the overall operations of the basketball program.
Before arriving in Yuma in 2006, Von Vogt made his mark with Eastern Kentucky University and NJCAA member school Oxford College of Emory University. As EKU’s Director of Basketball Operations, Von Vogt helped lead the Colonels to a 4th-place finish in the highly respected Ohio Valley Conference. Before that, Von Vogt led the Eagles of Oxford College to a pair of playoff appearances during his three-year tenure as the head coach. The postseason appearances were the first in the program’s history. Von Vogt saved the best for last, leading OC to a school-record 22 wins, regional and inter-regional championships and a spot in the NJCAA Top 10 during his final season there. Those accomplishments earned Von Vogt 2004-05 Region Coach of the Year honors. While coaching at Oxford, Von Vogt recruited and developed two NJCAA All-Americans and seven All-Region XVII players.
Von Vogt can say he learned from one of the all-time best, since his first coaching experience was under the legendary Lefty Driesell. Von Vogt was the Director of Basketball Operations at Georgia State under Driesell from 2000 through 2002. During that time, the Panthers earned a trip to the 2001 NCAA Tournament and advanced to the second round with a win over Wisconsin that year. Georgia State followed suit with its first-ever trip to the NIT in 2002. Von Vogt also worked as a graduate assistant for Georgia Tech for two seasons.
Von Vogt earned a Master’s Degree in Sports Administration from Georgia State University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Mass Communications from the University of South Florida in 1998. He played college basketball at St. John’s River Community College in Palatka, Florida where he finished his career with a 51% 3-point field goal percentage. Von Vogt and his wife, AWC Director of Resident Life & Student Activities Char Von Vogt, recently celebrated their one-year wedding anniversary.
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