Brent Green steps down as Lfd. Athletic Director

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  • LI TTLEFIELD HEAD FOOTBALL COACH BRENT GREEN
    LI TTLEFIELD HEAD FOOTBALL COACH BRENT GREEN
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Littlefield Athletic Director and Head Football Coach Brent Green stepped down last week, after 26 years with the Wildcats athletic program.

“It was a tough decision, but playing off of how long I have been here, the 26 years, it’s a grind,” Green said. “People always told me you’ll know when it is time and I never really knew what that meant. You have those different feelings, but it was just time. The timing was right, there are some open opportunities within the school district, and when those doors close, you may not get that opportunity.”

He added, “I don’t know exactly what that is going to be right now, but it was just time to go in a different direction, but hopefully stay right here in Littlefield.”

Green spent 22 years as an assistant coach, including 13 years as the Wildcats’ defensive coordinator, before becoming the Head Coach the last four years.

“I came here looking just to stay a year or two, but we talked about the kids the relationships you have with coaches, and those people become like family and then the community and the support that was here,” he said. “Early-on I had opportunities to go other places, but I never really had or felt a reason to leave this place and I still feel that way today.”

He added, “It’s a special place where I formed a lot of good relationships, not only with the kids, but with all of the coaches through the years. Some of them have come and gone and we get new faces in here, but this place has always attracted great, quality people whom I will have those relationships with the rest of my life.”

The Wildcats went 3-7 in Green’s final season, falling to the Denver City Mustangs in the Class 3A-DI Bi-district round of the play-offs, 41-22.

Green talked about what it has meant to him to be a part of Wildcat football for as long as he has, saying, “This is a special place and there are not a lot of places like this. A lot of people have asked me that over the last week and a lot of them want to talk about the championships...all of that is great, but the kids, and the relationships that we have been able to establish from 1995 to present day.”

He added, “The kids in Littlefield, in my mind, are a special group. They are a blue collar group that come to work every single day and that is special. That is something that I will always remember about Littlefield.”

Green talked about some of his favorite memories from over the years, saying, “I think you can take one of those out of every year, because what is fresh on my mind is this group of kids we just played with. They had a goal to win a gold ball, and we were one half short of that. I thought these kids battled their tails off. The heart and grit that I watched those kids play with over the last month of the season will always stick out and be a fresh memory just because it was the last one.”

He added, “You go back through the years and talk about all of the district championships and getting the chance to play in the 2006 State Championship game and then going right back to the quarterfinals the next year. You’re an injury or two away from playing in another state championship game. Fast forward to 2010 and you shock a #2 state ranked Godley team to get into the third round of the play-offs and the next thing you know you are in the state semi-finals playing against the two-time defending state champion in Dangerfield and having an opportunity with five minutes left to win that game.”

He continued, “There are a lot of big time wins that come to mind, but it still goes back to those relationships and I will have just as fond of memories with those kids the last four years as the head coach as I do all of those teams too. Because they are all Wildcats, they all brought it every day, they’re the reason I am here and they’re the reason that we have had the success that we have had over the years.”

Green was asked what he is most looking forward to about the future and he replied, “I don’t know because that is going to be a big change for me. “Whatever it is, it is going to allow me to have some time that I’ve never been able to have and time will tell what I will do with that free time,” he explained. “This job that we have, during the season, it is seven days a week. It is pretty demanding, but it is fun, and you have to have a passion for it. I don’t think you can do what we do if you don’t have a passion for it. I don’t know what I’m going to do with all of the free time, but I bet I can fill the void.”