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07/22/2010

Marquee games highlight UNT schedule
Johnny Jones has known for a while now that he is going to get a chance to go home this season. The date became firm on Wednesday when the North Texas men’s basketball team released its 2010-11 schedule. UNT will face LSU, where Jones was a player and assistant coach, on Dec. 22. That early Christmas present for UNT’s head coach was part of what Jones described as yet another tough schedule, one that is highlighted by a series of marquee games.

07/20/2010

Football: Running wild

DRC/David Minton

North Texas running back Lance Dunbar (5) tries to break away from a tackler in a game against Lousiana-Monroe last season. Dunbar is one of many talented rushers returning to Sun Belt Conference teams for the 2010 season.

Arkansas State defensive lineman Bryan Hall faced Nebraska’s Roy Helu Jr. and Adam Robinson, who set Iowa’s freshman rushing record during the 2009 season, in the last year alone. And that doesn’t even count Alabama’s Mark Ingram, who Hall had to try to haul down in 2008. Needless to say, the senior knows what a good running back looks like. And he sees a batch coming this year in the Sun Belt Conference that stacks up well when compared to the rest of the leagues in the country.

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07/21/2010

Track & field: UNT’s White to compete in World Championships
North Texas freshman Steven White will compete in the IAAF Junior World Championships in Moncton, Canada, this week

Swimming: North Texas hires new assistant coach
The North Texas swimming and diving team has hired Michele Lowry as assistant swim coach, head coach Joe Dykstra announced this week. Lowry comes to UNT from Denver, where she captained the swim team and earned the Sun Belt’s Most Outstanding Female Swimmer award as a senior in 2009.

07/20/2010

Football: Looking to rebound

Associated Press

North Texas linebacker Craig Robertson, right, attempts to tackle Louisiana-Lafayette’s Undrea Sails during an October 2009 game in Lafayette, La. Robertson is one of four UNT players on the preseason all-Sun Belt Conference team this season.

North Texas head coach Todd Dodge knew what was coming Monday during the opening session of the Sun Belt Conference’s preseason teleconference. After five straight seasons with no more than three wins, UNT is going to have to prove that it has the ability to work its way out of the basement of the Sun Belt standings, which is exactly where the Mean Green was picked to finish in the preseason coaches’ poll. UNT was voted eighth, ahead of only Western Kentucky, which fired head coach David Elson during an 0-12 season in 2009.

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Football: Robertson, Dunbar highlight UNT all-Sun Belt picks
Craig Robertson had to wait a while, but the North Texas senior linebacker finally got his due Monday on the first day of the Sun Belt Conference’s preseason teleconference. Robertson is entering his fourth season as a starter and was named honorable mention All-Sun Belt twice. That was the highest honor Robertson had received until he was one of four UNT players to be named to the 2010 preseason all-conference team. Running back Lance Dunbar, offensive lineman Esteban Santiago and defensive end Brandon Akpunku were also all-league picks.

07/16/2010

Football: Transfers get head start in summer
Following what head coach Todd Dodge described as a successful series of summer workouts, North Texas will have all of its junior college transfers on campus by the beginning of August with the exception of one. Jamison Hughes, a safety from Pearl River (Miss.) Community College, is no longer a part of UNT’s plans.

07/14/2010

Colleges: UNT hires Neinas to review athletic program

DRC/Al Key

Construction crews are working throughout the summer on a $78 million football stadium at North Texas that is scheduled to open in 2011. It will replace Fouts Field, background

North Texas has retained Chuck Neinas to review its athletic program. Neinas, who has worked as an assistant executive director of the NCAA and served 10 years as the commissioner of the Big Eight Conference, spent the last two days in Denton and is expected to present a report to the UNT board of regents by late August or early September. UNT is in the process of building a new $78 million football stadium that will open for the 2011 season. The project has been the top priority for UNT’s athletic department for several years.

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07/12/2010

Football: Houston-area DB hopes to make impact at UNT
Galena Park North Shore has turned out a long line of standout defensive backs over the years who have signed with Football Bowl Subdivision colleges from Oklahoma State to Houston. North Texas secured a commitment recently from a player North Shore’s defensive backs coach expects to be next star in that illustrious line. Kendrick Ruben, a 5-9, 155-pound, safety/cornerback orally committed to UNT this summer and will sign with the Mean Green after his senior season this fall. Oral commitments are non-binding. The first day recruits in the Class of 2011 can sign national letters of intent is Feb. 3.

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07/06/2010

Women's basketball: UNT adds veteran assistants

Shanice Stephens

Shanice Stephens put the final pieces in place on what will be a largely rebuilt team heading into her third season at North Texas this week when Jimmy Stellato and Margaret Richards joined her coaching staff. Both veteran college coaches will round out a large cast of incoming characters next season for UNT, which will have eight new players to go along with a pair of new assistant coaches.

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07/02/2010

Basketball: Tramiel joins Mavericks summer team
Eric Tramiel spent just two years at North Texas after transferring from Paris Junior College. In the end, that was more than enough time for the 6-7 forward to catch the attention of not only the hometown fans, but also the hometown NBA team. Tramiel, who was named the Sun Belt Conference tournament MVP after leading the Mean Green to its second title in the last four years, signed with the Dallas Mavericks summer league team on Friday

06/22/2010

UNT to hire consultant to look at athletics program

Lane Rawlins

North Texas will hire a consultant sometime in the next few months to examine the state of its athletics program and prepare for any future shifts in conference alignment, interim president Lane Rawlins said Monday. “We are discussing in a dedicated way the best way for our program to become as strong as it can be,” Rawlins said. “We will bring in a consultant to make sure we are doing everything we can to get to where we want to be.”

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