North Texas Mean Green is the team name used for both men's and women's intercollegiate athletic teams that play for the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas. The University of North Texas Athletics competes as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Sun Belt Conference. All athletic programs at North Texas are classified as NCAA Division I, the largest division among all colleges and universities. North Texas athletes are also known as the “Mean Green” and formerly the "Eagles.” The name "Mean Green" comes from the nickname given to former defensive tackle "Mean" Joe Greene [1] who played college football at North Texas.

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Varsity Sports

North Texas competes in the Sun Belt Conference of the NCAA's Division I-A. The school's colors are officially Green and White. Its alma mater is "Glory to the Green." The University's fight song was written in 1939 have been changed with the university's name throughout the years. The school mascot is an Eagle named Scrappy.

Football

Founded in 1913, the Mean Green has won eight Lone Star Conference championships, five Gulf Coast Conference championships, five Missouri Valley Conference championships, two Southland Conference championships and most recently, four consecutive Sun Belt Conference championships. ^[2] The team also appeared in a total of 7 bowl games, winning two, most recently the New Orleans Bowl in 2002. The new head coach, Todd Dodge, left Southlake Carroll High School with a 89-6 record and finished his third consecutive unbeaten season in 2006.

Since 1952, home football games have been played at Fouts Field, a stadium with a current capacity of 30,500. Plans for a new stadium, New North Texas Mean Green Stadium, are in the works with a projected completion date of 2011, but no start date for construction has been announced.

Men's basketball

Despite in the past not having a significant or powerful men's basketball program, North Texas has recently experienced success under head coach Johnny Jones. During the 2006-2007 season, North Texas won its first ever Sun Belt Conference title and advanced for the first time since 1988 to the NCAA Tournament. Only three of the state's 20 Division I teams more wins than North Texas’ 23 in 2006-07 - Texas, Texas A&M and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.

Since 1973, the team has played its home games in the Super Pit. The 10,032 seat arena is the second toughest venue to win at in the Sun Belt, only behind Western Kentucky

Women's basketball

Despite the most successful period in North Texas women's basketball history, the school did not renew coach Tina Slinker's contract at the end of the 2007–08 season. Shanice Stephens was officially hired as the new head coach on April 16, 2008 after serving the last three years as an Assistant Coach at Clemson.

Championship History

National Titles

Conference Titles

Bowl Titles

Facilities

All athletic teams have on-campus facilities for competition. Most of these facilities are located at the Mean Green Village, which opened for the 2006-07 athletic season.

Mean Green Village:

• North Texas Soccer Field: Soccer
• Warnach Tennis Pavilion: Tennis
• Lovelace Stadium: Softball
• Mean Green Volleyball Center: Volleyball
• North Texas Softball And Golf Practice Facility: Golf, Softball Practice

Fouts Field: Football UNT Coliseum: Men's & Woman's Basketball

Logos

Current

Former

References

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2. North Texas Championships