Justin Green

Biography

Justin Green begins his first season in Pullman as part of Kirby Moore’s first staff after being named the Cougars running backs coach. Green arrives in Pullman having spent the past 14 seasons as the running backs coach at Montana. Green, from San Diego, Calif., has worked with the running backs at Montana since the 2012 season. He worked as a student assistant coach at Montana in 2011, before taking over the running back room and spearheading Montana’s recruitment. In that time, he coached some of the most prolific backs in school history, including Eli Gillman, Nick Ostmo, Marcus Knight, Jordan Canada, and the Nguyen brothers. Gillman, a junior for UM in 2025, won the Jerry Rice Award for the nation’s top freshman in 2023 and is on pace to shatter Montana records in the run game, ranked No. 3 in rushing TDs with 49 and No. 4 in rushing yards with 3,677 following the 2025 season. This past year, Gillman ranked fifth nationally in rushing yards with 1,540 and third in rushing touchdowns with 21 as he was the Big Sky Offensive Player of the year and named to multiple All-America teams. Ostmo quietly became one of the best running backs in program history, battling through injury to finish No. 5 on UM’s all-time leading rusher list with 2,625 yards. Knight set new school records for rushing touchdowns (23) and points scored (150) in the 2019 season, en route to Hero Sports All-America honors. Canada is ranked fourth at Montana in career rushing yards (3,435) and rushing touchd