First year UNT men’s basketball head coach Ross Hodge on Monday announced the hiring of Phil Forte to his staff as an assistant coach for the 2023 National Invitation Tournament champion Mean Green. Forte, a Flower Mound, Texas, native and one of Oklahoma State’s all-time greats, joins North Texas after two seasons at Saint Louis as an
Hodge elevated to Head Coach at North Texas
UNT Vice President and Director of Athletics Jared Mosley has announced the hiring of Ross Hodge as the 19th head coach in Mean Green men’s basketball history. “I’m excited to announce the elevation of Ross Hodge to serve as our next head coach for UNT Men’s Basketball,” Mosley said. “Ross has been an integral part of the culture and
OFFICIAL: McCasland named Texas Tech Head Basketball Coach
This one has been making the rounds for weeks. Fresh off his NIT Championship last night, Texas Tech has finally announced UNT’s Grant McCasland as their new head men’s basketball coach. Here’s the press release from the school: A proven winner who began his career as the Texas Tech men’s basketball Director of Operations from
Moikobu added to North Texas Basketball staff
The back-to-back-to-back Conference USA champion North Texas men’s basketball team on Tuesday added Achoki Moikobu to its staff as an assistant coach. Moikobu, who is well-known as “AC,” joins the Mean Green from Drake where this past season he helped guide the Bulldogs to a 25-win season and a NCAA national postseason tournament victory in the 2022 College Basketball
Shaw added to North Texas MBB staff as DBO
The 2021 Conference USA champion North Texas men’s basketball team has added Andre Shaw to its staff as the Director of Basketball Operations. A well-respected player developmental coach, Shaw joins the Mean Green with nearly 10 years of coaching experience at the Division II and junior college level. In his current role with UNT, Shaw
Daily Dirt – 10/2/20
A few quick things to wrap-up the week… I have heard that North Texas Director of Basketball Operations Andy Schmitt will be departing the staff, and will join basketball analytics company HD Intelligence. Schmittt had been at UNT since 2018, and was at New Mexico before that. Former Rutgers and Rhode Island assistant Jim Carr
Haggerty joins North Texas Men’s Basketball Staff
North Texas men’s basketball head coach Grant McCasland has announced the addition of Nelson Haggerty as a special assistant to the head coach. Haggerty, who brings with him over 18 years of coaching experience comes to North Texas after eight seasons as Midwestern State’s head coach. While at MSU, he guided them to five NCAA
Blakeley promoted to Director of Scouting and Analytics at North Texas
North Texas men’s basketball head coach Grant McCasland has promoted Chris Blakeley to director of scouting and analytics. For the last two seasons, Blakeley served as a graduate assistant under McCasland, assisting the Mean Green to back-to-back 20-win seasons and the 2018 College Basketball Invitational title. “Chris exemplifies every characteristic we want to build our
Schmitt Named Director of Basketball Operations at North Texas
Andy Schmitt has joined the North Texas men’s basketball staff as the Director of Basketball Operations. He most recently spent one season at New Mexico State. His primary responsibilities for the Mean Green will be the day-to-day operations of the men’s basketball program and the team’s travel. In Schmitt’s year at New Mexico State, the Lobos
Daily Dirt: SATURDAY EDITION – 9/29/18
A couple quick things on a Saturday morning… I mentioned last week that College of Charleston assistant Matt Braeuer is headed to North Texas. This move has kicked off a bit of a chain reaction as practice gets under way. Earl Grant has promoted DBO Mantoris Robinson to assistant coach replacing Braeuer (Robinson is now
New Mexico State Dirt…
Been at the beach all week, but wanted to follow-up on something that I tweeted on Wednesday… I have heard from multiple sources that North Texas assistant James Miller is the leader to replace Lou Gudino (departed for Wichita State) on Chris Jans’ staff at New Mexico State. Last season was Miller’s first at UNT
McCasland Completes Basketball Support Staff at North Texas
North Texas men’s basketball head coach Grant McCasland has completed his support staff by hiring Andrew Hudiburg as director of scouting, Phil Baier as assistant director of strength and conditioning, and Jon Trilli as director of basketball operations, announced. “Our program is all about serving each other with great energy and effort as each one of these guys