Green Named To Sooner Staff: Oklahoma head coach Kelvin Sampson announced the hiring of Jerry Green as the Sooners’ director of basketball operations. Green is the former head coach at both Tennessee and Oregon, and had a 89-36 record at Tennessee, and a 72-70 record at Oregon. Green, whose contract was bought out by Tennessee in 2001, had been retired the past four seasons. Green has also been an assistant at Kansas, and at North Carolina-Asheville before becoming head coach during the school’s transition to Division I. Green replaces Joshua Prock, who was hired as an assistant coach at Kentucky Wesleyan. [8/1/05]