DENTON, Texas - The University of North Texas has named Dan McCarney as its 18th head football coach, University President V. Lane Rawlins and Director of Athletics Rick Villarreal announcedtoday. McCarney, 57, has more than 30 years of college coaching experience, including 12 years as a head coach at Iowa StateUniversity. He comes to North Texas after serving as the assistant head

DENTON, Texas (11/30/10) - Tristan Thompson scored a career-high 29 points to lead the North Texas men's basketball team to an 87-83 victory against UTA on Tuesday night at the Super Pit. The Mean Green improves to 5-1 and has now won nine straight games at home. UTA falls to 5-2 and trails in the series with the Mean Green, 30-21. North Texas has won the last two games against the

The white smoke finally came out of Rick Villarreal's corner office of the Athletic Center today and North Texas has a new footballcoach. Dan McCarney is his name. A name that I promise you wasn't on anybody's radar screen when this search began in late October. So what are we to make of this hire? Before I get to that I would be remiss if I didn't say a few words about the job turned in by

DES MOINES, Iowa - North Texas could not overcome a slow start as Kristin Turk scored a team-high 24 points to lead the Drake Bulldogs to a 82-67 win at the Knapp Center. The Mean Green (1-6) was held without a field goal until the 6:47 mark of the first half, missing their first 15 shots of the game as North Texas dropped their sixth straight game. Denetra Kellum matched the offensive