Kirsten Green

b. 1975
Category
Administrator
Year Inducted
2023
“Building a college basketball program is a formidable endeavor, and it’s not just the Xs and Os. You need to build an entire organization. It takes an incredible amount of effort and dedication from everyone involved. Kirsten personified that standard in our programs at Seton Hall, Michigan and Harvard. She is intelligent, hard-working and loyal. I am eternally grateful for the integral contributions she made to the successes we were fortunate to make together.”
The above paragraph was written by Tommy Amaker, head coach of the men’s basketball team at Harvard University, about his friend and associate, Kirsten Green, a 2023 inductee of the Chautauqua Sports Hall of Fame.
Green was born in Jamestown in 1975 and graduated as the salutatorian of Jamestown High School in 1993. During her athletic career at JHS she earned ten varsity letters in the sports of tennis, basketball and softball.
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After four years at Seton Hall in the Big East Conference, Amaker accepted the head coaching position at the University of Michigan in 2001. He immediately hired Green to be his Director of Basketball Operations at the Big Ten university in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
In 2007, Amaker left Michigan to take over the men’s basketball team at Harvard University. Once again, his first hire was Kirsten Green. She became the Director of Basketball Operations for the Cambridge, Massachusetts, Ivy League school.
While working in the basketball program at Harvard, Green completed a Masters Degree in Management at Harvard’s Extension School in 2015. Armed with her new degree, Kirsten left the basketball program to become an Assistant Director of Athletics at Harvard. Green worked with the director of athletics and the athletics administration in a broad role, with responsibility in the areas of internal communication, organization, alumni relations, and program management among others.
She is currently the Assistant Director of Athletics – Special Projects. As part of Harvard's external operations team, Green is the point person for organizing a variety of special events to foster community and affinity, while writing special features in partnership with the Harvard Gazette, assisting in multimedia communications and helping with business development relationships. She also manages the department's partnership with the Harvard Club of Boston.
Her boss at Duke, Coach K, had this to say about Green: “In all the years that I have known Kirsten, my dealings with her have been enjoyable, efficient and most importantly, productive. She is an impressive woman, whether as a professional, as a member of a team, or in the community. Her ability to thrive in so many different settings and at so many places, I believe, is a testament to her considerable work ethic and drive to be the very best. These were traits I saw first-hand when she was at Duke as a student manager and have served her well in her professional career.”
Green resides in Watertown, Massachusetts.
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Memorabilia
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Photographs
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Publications
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- Kindberg, Scott. "Jamestown Teen Is Living Dream At Duke." Post-Journal (Jamestown), March 13, 1994.
- Kindberg, Scott. "Green Finds Second Family At Duke." Post-Journal (Jamestown), March 16, 1997.
- Kindberg, Scott. "Maceo Wofford, Kirsten Green Ready For NCAA Tournament." Post-Journal (Jamestown), March 13, 2000.
- Kindberg, Scott. "Green Takes Her Rising Star To Michigan." Post-Journal (Jamestown), May 27, 2001.
- Kindberg, Scott. "Green Hopes UM Will Be Toast Of NY." Post-Journal (Jamestown), March 30, 2004.
- Kindberg, Scott. "From Duke To Harvard." Post-Journal (Jamestown), March 18, 2019.
- Kindberg, Scott. "Green Has Always Been Part Of The ‘A’ Team." Post-Journal (Jamestown), April 17, 2020.
- Kindberg, Scott. "Looking back at Green’s time with the Duke basketball program." Post-Journal (Jamestown), March 5, 2022.
Videos
Websites
- "Kirsten Green Named Senior Associate Director of Athletics and Chief of Staff." Brown University Athletics., March 9, 2023. Accessed March 31, 2023. https://brownbears.com/news/2023/3/9/general-kirsten-green-named-senior-associate-director-of-athletics-and-chief-of-staff.aspx.
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