 Green criticized the circumstances of his dismissal, stating that "This decision kills my career" and that he had hoped to spend some five more years coaching and had built up a healthy team for the 2009-10 season that he had already begun practices with during the spring.Green then took the job as head coach at The City College of New York in the 2011–12 season.He replaced Andy Stampfel, who coached the last CCNY men's basketball conference championship team back in 2003.