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5 Most Impactful Off-Season Coaching Hires
OK, it's the Bleacher Report..............but...........
4. Dan McCarney, University of North Texas Mean Green
One of the most under-the-radar hires of the off-season, McCarney, most recently an assistant under "the Pontiff," Urban Meyer at Florida, brings a strong coaching pedigree to Denton, Texas.
North Texas had been an afterthought during the regime of most recent coach Todd Dodge, whose "Dodge Ball" was a failure in the Sun Belt and saw him get fired midway through last season. It has been hard to stomach recently for long-spoiled Mean Green fans, who as recently as 2004 saw their team consistently running away with the Sun Belt and playing in Bowl Games with the likes of Jamario Thomas at running back.
McCarney got famous for being competitive in a brutal Big-12 at Iowa State. Among his accolades were coaching the only running back to have back-to-back 2,000 yard seasons in Division 1-A history in Troy Davis and having ferocious, hard-hitting defenses. McCarney also led Iowa State to five bowl games in his 12 seasons in Ames, which is the most by any Iowa State coach. So, expectations are that North Texas should be fighting for Sun Belt titles again very soon. McCarney demands excellence and accountability and can recruit an entire team within 2 hours of Denton. The pieces are in place for success, it's up to McCarney to make Mean Green fans proud again.
FULL ARTICLE
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/74825...res/page/3
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