CLEMSON — Clemson has lost one of its best coaches.

Clemson men’s basketball has lost strength and conditioning coach Preston Greene, who is now the new strength and conditioning director for men’s basketball at Duke. The Blue Devils announced Greene’s hiring earlier on Wednesday.

Brad Brownell brought Greene back to his program in 2023, and subsequently the program had one of its best two-year runs in school history. The Tigers won 51 games the last two years, including a program record 27 wins this past year, which earned them a second straight NCAA Tournament bid.

In his first year back with the program, Greene helped Clemson win 24 games and advance to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament.

Greene, who has been the in business for more than 30 years, worked for the Miami Hurricanes prior to returning to Clemson in 2023.

While at Miami, Greene spent one season aiding the Hurricanes basketball program and helped lead them to a Final Four appearance in 2022-23.

Over Greene’s 11 seasons in Gainesville, the Florida Gators went 249-127 and averaged 22 wins per season. Florida made the NCAA Tournament seven times, and advanced to four Elite Eights in a six-year span. That stretch included a Final Four appearance in 2014 during a 36-3 (18-0 SEC) campaign.

Greene was instrumental with multiple future NBA players while at Florida, including Bradley Beal, a three-time All-Star, and Dorian Finney-Smith.

Greene, a 1999 Clemson graduate, served on Brad Brownell’s staff for one season and spent two years overall (2009-11) at Clemson. The Tigers turned in a pair of 20-win seasons and earned two NCAA Tournament bids.

In 2008-09, Greene was the head men’s basketball performance coach at Stanford for head coach Johnny Dawkins.