TUCSON, Ariz. – Francesca Green, who has been on the Arizona Track & Field staff for over a decade, has been promoted to Associate Head Coach for the upcoming season.
 
"My Arizona journey started in 2004 with coach Fred Harvey, and through it all I don't know if I can thank him enough," Green said. "He has been more than a head coach to me, he has been a mentor and a very dear friend and I am honored to continue on this journey with him. I also would like to personally thank Dave Heeke, Erika Barnes, Krystal Swindlehurst, James Francis and Arizona Athletics for their continued support of our program. I am very blessed and beyond humbled for this opportunity and I am looking forward to this new and exciting chapter with our amazing Track & Field staff and student-athletes." 

"This is a well-deserved promotion for Francesca Green," Director of Cross Country and Track & Field Fred Harvey said. "She has been a major part of all aspects of the program for many years and now she will have the title that represents her work. I want to thank Dave Heeke for seeing the wisdom in promoting Francesca and supporting our dreams as a program."
 
Green, who coaches sprints and relays, is coming off a very successful 2020-21 season as she coached her athletes to several accomplishments, including four NCAA Championships qualifiers, four First-Team All-America honors, two school records, one conference champion and a U.S. Olympic Trials qualifier.
 
At the NCAA Championships, the men's 4x400 relay team broke the all-time school record with a time of 3:03.58.
 
Green also coached the Pac-12 Men's Freshman of the Year last season and helped current Wildcat Umajesty Williams move up to fifth all-time in the Arizona 400m list. On the women's side, she helped Shannon Meisberger PR in the 400m as she moved into ninth all-time in Arizona history.