Florida Gators

Preston Greene enters his 11th season at Florida after being hired on August 23, 2011. Greene is one of the most respected thinkers and practitioners in his field and has been instrumental in raising the level of Florida basketball players under two head coaches.
 

In his 10 seasons at Florida, he has helped the Gators earn a 230-114 record, win the 2013 and 2014 SEC regular season championships and the 2014 SEC Tournament. During Greene’s tenure, UF has earned seven NCAA Tournament berths, 16 NCAA Tournament wins, four Elite Eights appearances and a trip to the 2014 Final Four. Greene has trained future NBA players Bradley Beal, Erik Murphy, Michael Frazier, Dorian Finney-Smith, Devin Robinson and Chris Chiozza.
 

During the Summer of 2015, the weight room in Florida’s basketball complex underwent a $1 million upgrade, for which Greene spearheaded the UAA’s design input. The renovation doubled the size of the weight room to 3,000 square feet and added a fueling station and office spaces, enabling Greene and his staff to continue expanding and innovating their training options for the team.
 

Greene came to the Gators after a two-year stint from 2009-11 as an Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach with Clemson men’s basketball. During his time at Clemson, the Tigers posted a combined record of 43-23 and advanced to a pair of NCAA Tournaments.
 

Greene is one of several internationally certified Level 5 coaches through the Poliquin International Certification Program (PICP) and is a BioSignature Modulation Practitioner. He also contributed to the third edition of Basketball for Dummies by Digger Phelps, released in October 2011, updating and revising a chapter on strength and conditioning. In addition, Greene has hosted several private internships from coaches internationally, including Canada, Sweden, Germany, Dubai (UAE), Australia, Russia, Belgium and Switzerland.
 

During his first season at Florida, Greene’s work with the Gators was featured on the cover of Bigger, Faster, Stronger magazine. Greene and the Gators’ offseason strength program was featured on ESPN’s Gymratts program during the 2019 offseason.
 

Greene, a 1999 Clemson graduate, returned to his alma mater after multiple stops, including a one-year stint (2008-09) as the Strength and Conditioning Coach for Stanford under head coach Johnny Dawkins. Stanford posted a 20-14 record and advanced to the College Basketball Invitational.
 

Prior to his lone season in Palo Alto, Greene served as the Director of Strength & Conditioning for Charlotte from 2003-08. He worked primarily with the men’s basketball team under coach Bobby Lutz and also worked closely with the men’s golf team. Greene was an Assistant Strength, Speed & Conditioning Coach at the University of Arizona for two years prior to his time with the 49ers program. At Arizona, he assisted with the implementation of strength, speed and conditioning for the football team, while serving as the Head Strength Coach for the women’s basketball and women’s soccer programs. He also directed the department’s nutrition and supplementation program.
 

The Peachtree City, Ga., native worked as a student and graduate assistant under Joey Batson from 1995-99. He was in charge of strength & conditioning for golf, women’s soccer, men’s tennis, and volleyball. He also assisted with football during his time at Clemson. 
 

Greene earned a bachelor’s degree in health science from Clemson in 1999, with a minor in sport management. He received a master’s degree in 2000 from the University of Minnesota in applied kinesiology and sports management. Greene holds numerous certifications and memberships, including the National Strength & Conditioning Association (NSCA). He also recently earned certification as a performance enhancement specialist by the National Association of Sports Medicine (NASM).
 

He is the co-founder of the Eleiko Strength Summit, first held on May 8, 2010, at the Poliquin Strength Institute in Greenwich, R.I. The Eleiko Strength Summit is an invite-only event that attracts the elite level strength & conditioning coaches in the United States.