Riley Green is joining The Voice as a coach for season 30, expanding the panel after Kelly Clarkson and Adam Levine had already been announced for the fall run. Green made the reveal on social media on Saturday, May 9, writing, “I guess y’all can start calling me coach… see ya this fall. @nbcthevoice #thevoice.”
The 37-year-old country singer shared the news before a concert at Ameris Bank Amphitheatre in Alpharetta, Georgia, and Carson Daly jumped into the comments with a welcome of his own: “Welcome to the fam!! Can’t wait to hang! You drink right? Pls God say yes.” The season 30 coaches will appear when the show returns this fall on NBC and streams on Peacock.
Green brings a music resume that already includes four No. 1 hits on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart, along with multiple CMA and ACM Awards. He is also in the middle of a busy stretch: in April, he made his acting debut on the CBS series Marshals, and he is nominated at the ACM Awards on May 17 for male artist of the year, album of the year, artist-songwriter of the year and music event of the year.
The coaching lineup lands just weeks after Adam Levine’s contestant, singer Alexia Jayy, was crowned the winner of season 29 in April, keeping the show’s momentum alive heading into the next cycle. Clarkson had already signaled the tone of the panel when she joked on social media that the coaches were done using each other’s full names, said she was “super stoked to coach alongside you,” and warned Green that he was going to need practice because she would “whoop that ass.”
Green’s move gives season 30 a new kind of crossover appeal: a country hitmaker stepping into one of NBC’s most familiar music franchises at a moment when he is already touring, acting and heading into another awards week. With Clarkson and Levine already in place, the question is not whether the panel is full — it is whether Green can turn a prime-time coaching seat into another stage for a career that is already running hot.
