MEDIA
Melanie Greene Named Women's Volleyball Head Coach (3/20/24)
Melanie Greene enters her second season at the helm of UC San Diego women’s volleyball in 2025 after being announced as the seventh head coach in program history on March 20, 2024.
In her first season in La Jolla, Greene directed the Tritons to a 17-13 overall record and an 11-7 conference record to finish in fifth place in the Big West standings. UC San Diego's fifth place finish qualified the Tritons for the conference tournament in their first season of eligibility. Three Tritons earned All-Big West honors, highlighted by Emily McDaniel on the first team. Three scholar-athletes were recognized on the CSC Academic All-District Team and six Tritons were named to the Big West Fall All-Academic Team.
A native of San Diego, Greene brings a wealth of Division I experience, most recently as associate head coach at San Diego State. She was involved in the Aztecs’ program—both as a coach and as a scholar-athlete—since 2004. Greene was elevated to associate head coach in January of 2024 after 13 seasons as an assistant coach for the Aztecs. She joined the staff full time in 2011 after a three-year stint as a volunteer assistant with the program from 2007 to 2010.
During her time at SDSU, Greene served as recruiting coordinator for the Aztecs as well as camp director and coordinator. The Aztecs have boasted 19 All-Mountain West selections, three all-region honorees and three all-Americans during Greene’s tenure with the program. Additionally, 24 scholar-athletes were recognized on the academic all-conference teams, three earned all-district honors and one was named to the academic all-America team.
In addition to her experience with the Aztecs, Greene served as co-head coach at the Mountain West Global Challenge where her team took home the 2023 championship. She has also spent time coaching youth teams at Club Pacific locally in San Diego.
A three-year letterwinner for the Aztecs, Greene came to San Diego State in 2004 after two years at Washington State where she redshirted during her freshman year. A three-year starter as an outside hitter, she averaged 3.46 kills and 2.73 digs per set while leading the team in kills and finishing among the top three in digs each season.
Over her final two seasons at San Diego State, Greene was named to the all-tournament team at four events including MVP honors at the 2006 Mutual Medical Cleveland State Invitational. During her senior season as team co-captain and MVP, she ranked fourth in the Mountain West in kill average (3.68 per game), recorded 12 double-doubles (kills-digs) and concluded her career ranked 13th in that category.
Born in San Diego while her father, Ken Greene, was a member of the San Diego Chargers, Melanie later moved to Nampa, Idaho, where she attended Nampa Christian High School. As a prep athlete she won a total of 12 varsity letters in volleyball, basketball and track and field, earning all-state honors in all three sports.
Greene graduated from San Diego State in 2007 with a bachelor’s degree in recreation administration. She completed her master’s degree in leadership and organizational studies at Azusa Pacific in 2010.
