Just hours after UNT football lost to Portland State 66-7, the school announced they have fired head football coach Dan McCarney.
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What made the loss extra bitter is that UNT paid Portland State $425,000 to come to Denton for UNT’s homecoming game. North Texas (0-5) hit bottom on Saturday at home against Portland State. His best season came in 2013 when his team went 9-4 and won the Heart of Dallas Bowl.
North Texas is a bad team, one of the worst in the FBS.
Watch Portland State Vikings vs North Texas Mean Green live stream online NCAA College Football ESPN3 TV broadcast coverage, live scores, Game Kickoff time & schedule and Radio Commentary info here. He was not originally scheduled to speak after the game, but called back reporters to share his feelings after Villarreal announced he had decided to make a change. “We are coming in ready to get better, learn from our mistakes and take this thing where we want to go”. Possibly the only bright spot for the Mean Green was the play of DaMarcus Smith. North Texas was outplayed from beginning to end, finishing with 670 total yards compared to 198 total yards from the Vikings.
McCarney was in the middle of this fifth season at North Texas, where he was 22-32 overall.
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Athletic director Rick Villareal said the program wasn’t going in the right direction and that it was time to make a change.
