DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR

LAMONT
GREEN

Lamont Green, former head coach at South Miami and Southridge, joined the Southwest staff as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach prior to the 2019 season. A 1994 graduate of Southridge High and Florida State University, he played for the Atlanta Falcons in 1999. After his playing career ended, Green earned a Master's Degree in Education from Nova Southeastern University. He began his coaching career as an assistant at Krop and became head coach at South Miami in 2011, taking over a team that had won only three games combined in its previous three seasons. Green led the Cobras to a 9-3 season and their first playoff victory since 1987. The next season, he was named head coach at Southridge, replacing former Southwest coach Patrick Burrows. In 2015, Green moved to Florida Christian where he served as assistant head coach. Among his many honors, he was named USA Today’s High School Defensive Player of the Year in 1993, All-ACC and team captain at FSU, and was the Miami Herald's Coach of the Year in 2011.