Steve Green begins his tenth year as head coach of the South Plains College Texans. Under Green, the Texans have complied an impressive 231-59 record and won three WJCAC and Region V titles and in the 2007-2008 season won the NJCAA National Championship. The SPC head coach has an overall record of 384-102 in 15 years as a head coach.

Green has had success everywhere he has coached. He has coached three different schools to WJCAC championships and has twice been named WJCAC Coach of the Year.  He was named NJCAA Coach of the Year after the Texans won the NJCAA title for the 2007-08 season.

His coaching career began at the NCAA level. He worked as an assistant at Arkansas, Lamar and Houston. He made his NJCAA debut in 1988 at Howard College. The Hawks had five-straight losing seasons before Green arrived, but he led the team to a No. 1 national ranking in just his second year at the school. From 1989-91, the Hawks went 71-6 and won two-straight conference championships.

Green then left Howard for nearby Midland College where he went 73-24 in three seasons. The Chaps were ranked in the Top 10 nationally all three years. He was named Region V Coach of the Year a second time in 1993-94, the year his team took home the regional title.

He came to SPC after a year as an assistant coach at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. Before that, he was an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at San Diego State University for five years.

Green received his Bachelor's degree from Oklahoma Christian College and his Master's degree in education and kinesiology from Sul Ross State University.

The Miami, Okla., native played football and basketball at Miami High School where he earned All-State honors in both sports while winning a state championship in basketball. He played basketball and tennis at Oklahoma Christian College.

Green and his wife, Teresa, have two sons, Justin (29) and Blake (21).

The 2009-10 season will mark Larry Mendez' first with the Texan basketball program as an assistant coach.

He comes to us after serving two seasons (2007-2009) at Moberly Area Community College (Missouri) as an assistant coach.

Mendez began his coaching career as a student assistant at Angelo State University, where he finished his undergraduate degree in 2001. In his last season at Angelo, the Rams were crowned champions of the Lone Star Conference and qualified for the NCAA Division II Tournament.

From 2001-2003, Mendez served as a graduate assistant at Texas A&M-Kingsville.

Upon completion of his graduate degree, Mendez moved to Jefferson City, Missouri where he coached at Lincoln University from 2003-06.

During the 2006-07 basketball season Mendez coached at Howard College, where he helped guide the Hawks to the semi-final of the Region 5 tournament. Unfortunately for Mendez and the Hawks, they fell in that game to Coach Steve Green's SPC Texans.

Brooks Miller begins his first season as assistant coach for Steve Green's Texan basketball team. Miller comes to South Plains College from Texas Tech University where he assisted legendary coach Bob Knight and current Red Raider head coach Pat Knight in player development and on campus recruiting from 2007-2009. While assisting the Red Raiders, Miller earned a master's degree in Exercise and Sport Sciences.

Before Texas Tech, Miller was an assistant basketball coach at his alma mater, Hillsdale College, from 2004-2007.

Coach Miller began his collegiate basketball career as a player during the 1999-2000 season at the University of Toledo, where he was part of a Mid-American Conference (MAC) championship in 2000. He then transferred and played for Hillsdale College from 2000-2003. His playing days at Hillsdale brought numerous accolades, including the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) championship in 2000 and NCAA Division II tournament invitations in 2001 and 2002.

As a prep in Ohio, Coach Miller was part of two district and one league championships while playing for Evergreen High School in Mefamora, Ohio. He was named to the Ohio All-State basketball first team his junior and senior seasons.

Coach Miller now resides in Levelland, Texas with his wife Gretchen.

High School:  Sandra Day O'Connor High School class of 2008
Accomplishments:  Served as manager for Sandra Day O'Connor High School basketball team.  Was a ball boy for the San Antonio Spurs in seventh grade.  For his hard work, Harry earned a scholarship to be a manager for Coach Green's Texan basketball team.  College Major:  Communications   Hobbies:  Fishing, basketball, baseball   Personal:  Born September 7, 1989 in San Antonio, Texas, Harry is the son of Harry and Minerva Cortez.  He has one brother, Ross (25).  Harry very much enjoys his job and hopes to work for a division I school upon completion of his degree at South Plains College.

High School:  Levelland High School class of 2006.
College Major:  Exercise and Sport Sciences  Hobbies:  Basketball, golf, and tennis   Personal:  Born November 10, 1987 in Lubbock, Texas, Skyler is the son of Alva and Beverly Smith.  He has two brothers, Brandon (33) and Curtis (30), and a sister, Brittany (31).  Skyler is a 2008 graduate of South Plains College and served as a student manager during the Texans 2007-08 national championship season.  He is currently a student at Lubbock Christian University and decided to return to return to the Texans to fulfill internship hours towards graduation at LCU.  Favorite Athlete:  'Pistol' Pete Maravich, because he was a great basketball player and Christian.