This article appeared in the December 2008 issue of Focus on Norwood-Norfolk Central School newsletter.

Jay Green, Norwood-Norfolk Class of 1976, is the new Women’s Hockey Coach at SUNY Potsdam.  He has been involved with Potsdam Bears Hockey for over 10 years as an assistant coach and hockey school instructor.  He was a four year letterman at Elmira College and a member of 2 NCAA Final Four teams including the NCAA Championship game in 1980.

Jay Green Class of 1976

Coach  Green  continued  his playing career in Sweden for two seasons with Tingsryd AIF and Sudrets HC.  Upon completion of his playing career he served as an assistant coach in Elmira for two seasons before becoming head coach for one season at North Adams State College in Massachusetts.  He then returned to coach in Sweden for two seasons with Sudrets HC before returning to the US. Upon his return, he taught and coached at Norwood-Norfolk for several years and has worked as an instructor at a number of camps including Potsdam State, Elmira College and the Buffalo Sabres.

He received a Bachelors of Arts and Sciences degree at Elmira College in 1980 and a Masters in Special Education from Mansfield State College in Pennsylvania in 1988.

The Norwood-Norfolk School Community wishes Jay success in his career as SUNY Potsdam’s Women’s Hockey Coach.