American Athletic · Denton, TX
North Texas
Mean Green
Unranked2026: 3-2 (1-0 conf) DATCU Stadium
National titles
0
Claimed
Heisman winners
0
CFP berths
0
since 2014
All-time
326-449-12
.422 win pct
Weeks ranked
5
of 104 polls since 2020
Weeks at No. 1
0
since 2020
The program
Overview
North Texas's 'Mean Green' nickname was popularized during the era of alumnus 'Mean' Joe Greene. In 2025, under Eric Morris, the program fielded one of the nation's highest-scoring offenses and rose into the AP Top 25.
Rivals
- Institution
- University of North Texas
- Nickname
- Mean Green
- Founded
- 1890
- First season
- 1913
- Conference
- American Athletic
- Head coach
- Neal Brown (since 2026)
- Colors
- X / Twitter
- @MeanGreenFB
Since 2020
AP poll history
3-2 overall
2026 season
- Sep 5
- Sep 12
- Sep 19
Texas State (home)49 - Sep 26HousHouston Christian14
- Oct 1
- Oct 10
CharlotteNorth Texas (home) - Oct 24
Navy (home) - Oct 29
Florida AtlanticNorth Texas (home) - Nov 7
RiceNorth Texas (home) - Nov 14
UTSA (home) - Nov 21
Tulane (home) - Nov 28
UABNorth Texas (home)
Players
Roster & stats
Rosters and player stats are tracked for teams ranked in 2026 and later.
Home field
DATCU Stadium
Capacity
30,850
Denton, TX
- Opened
- 2011
- 15 seasons ago
- Surface
- Artificial turf
- Roof
- Open air
- Elevation
- 652 ft
- Time zone
- Chicago
- Avg. home crowd
- 18,157
- 59% of capacity · 37 games since 2020
- Biggest crowd since 2020
- 31,386
- vs South Florida, 2025
- Zip
- 76210
Titles & awards
Trophy case
National championships0
No claimed national titles.
Heisman Trophy winners0
No Heisman winners yet.
College Football Playoff0
No playoff appearances yet.
1914–2026
Program history
Win %★ National title season
Best seasons
- 202512-2Eric Morris
- 19599-2Odus Mitchell
- 19779-2Hayden Fry
- 19789-2Hayden Fry
- 19668-2Odus Mitchell
- 19688-2Rod Rust
On the sideline
Head coaches
| Coach | Tenure | Record | Pct | Best final AP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neal Brown | 2026 | 0-0 | — | — |
| Drew Svoboda | 2025 | 1-0 | 1.000 | #24 |
| Eric Morris | 2023–2025 | 22-16 | .579 | #24 |
| Phil Bennett | 2022 | 0-1 | .000 | — |
| Seth Littrell | 2016–2022 | 44-44 | .500 | — |
| Dan McCarney | 2011–2015 | 22-32 | .407 | — |
| Mike Canales | 2010 | 2-3 | .400 | — |
| Todd Dodge | 2007–2010 | 6-37 | .140 | — |
| Darrell Dickey | 1998–2006 | 42-64 | .396 | — |
| Matt Simon | 1995–1997 | 11-22 | .333 | — |
| Corky Nelson | 1982 | 2-9 | .182 | — |
| Bob Tyler | 1981 | 2-9 | .182 | — |
| Jerry Moore | 1979–1980 | 11-11 | .500 | — |
| Hayden Fry | 1973–1978 | 38-25-3 | .598 | — |
| Rod Rust | 1967–1972 | 29-32-1 | .476 | — |
| Odus Mitchell | 1953–1966 | 69-63-7 | .522 | — |
1 picks · 0 first-rounders
NFL Draft since 2020
20211 picks
- #129Jaelon DardenWide Receiver · Tampa Bay