Ahman Green is getting into coaching. It's just not exactly as you might envision.

The former Huskers great has become Lakeland (Wisc.) University's first esports coach.

For those whose last video gaming experience came with an Atari, esports is sports competition using video games, and has started to work its way more into the mainstream, even being showcased on ESPN at times now.

“I always dreamed about coaching, just never what,” Green told packersnews.com. “Basketball, baseball, football players, we’re all gamers. We all played Madden, Street Fighter.”

Green has already been an active part of the esports industry as it has grown in stature. Among the things he's done since retiring from football in 2009 is host a weekly esports talk show.

At Lakeland, he'll coach a coed team that will compete online in multi-player games against other colleges in both spring and fall seasons. According to packers news.com, the games Green's team will compete in include League of Legends, Overwatch, Paladins, Rocket League, Smite, Fortnite, CSGO, Super Smash Brothers Ultimate and League of Legends. Games will continued to be added through time, as new ones draw interest of the competitors involved.

“The great beauty about esports is that it involves everyone and everybody,” Green told packersnews.com. “There’s no exclusion from it. Man, woman, white, black, Asian, it doesn’t matter. You are a part of it, you are a team.”

Green knows something about being part of a team. The 42-year-old Omaha native was a star running back at Nebraska, winning two national championships from 1995-97 while he was on the Husker roster.

He ran for 3,880 yards during those three seasons, including a brilliant 1,877 yards and 22 touchdowns in 1997 as a junior, finding the rhythm with some quarterback named Scott Frost working that option to produce an undefeated season. Green was named a second-team All-American that year.

After that success, Green left early for the NFL, where he was a third-round draft pick. He'd follow that with a 12-year career in the NFL, lasting longer than most do at his position.

His most remembered years in the league were probably from 2000 to 2006, when he was with the Green Bay Packers and made four consecutive Pro Bowls (2001-04). He'd head back to Green Bay end his career in the league in 2009, becoming the all-time leading rusher in Packers history while doing so. For his work, and many Lambeau Leaps, he was put into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame.

He totaled more than 12,000 yards of offense during his NFL career.

Green has done some creative things since his playing days, including a little acting. He even had a small role in "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice," although his scene didn't make the final cut for the film.

No word yet on what type of disciplinarian he'll be in his new role as Coach Green.