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The Bears won the NFC North division last night and beat down the Vikings 40-14 in a convincing win. They got great play from all three phases, offense, defense and special teams. Jay Cutler was throwing the ball great last night. He was 14 of 24 for 194 yards, three touchdowns and one interception. He [...]
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DENTON, Texas (AP) -Dan McCarney was a young assistant at Iowa when Hayden Fry left North Texas to become the Hawkeyes’ new head coach.
Now more than three decades later, McCarney has been hired as the new coach at North Texas, giving the Mean Green a leader with plenty of college experience to rebuild a struggling program.
“It’s amazing how this thing goes full circle,” McCarney said during his introduction Tuesday. “When (coach Fry) came to Iowa in 1979 … for the first few days, first few weeks, first few months, all we watched was North Texas football tape, to learn and to see and to watch, this is the system, this is what we’re going to do. ”
The Mean Green had become a Top 20 team during Fry’s six seasons (1973-78).
North Texas hasn’t been ranked since, is coming off six consecutive losing seasons and will now turn to McCarney, the Florida assistant and former Iowa State head coach, to help recapture some of that glory.
McCarney’s arrival came six weeks after former standout high school coach Todd Dodge was fired following a failed 3 1/2-season experiment on the NCAA FBS level.
McCarney has been in college coaching for 34 years, the last three as defensive line coach at Florida. He was head coach at Iowa State from 1995-2006, where he took over a dismal program that he took to five bowl games over a six-season span from 2000-05.
“When I got to Iowa State, they were winless,” McCarney said. “The difference we had, the facilities weren’t in place. … Going through those situations, it helps prepare you when you into the next one.”
The news conference at UNT was held in the athletic department building next to where a $ 78 million, 30,000-seat stadium is being built and will open next fall.
North Texas was 3-9 this season, its sixth consecutive losing record since winning four Sun Belt Conference titles in a row and going to the New Orleans Bowl each of those seasons. The Mean Green were 1-6 when Dodge was fired.
Dodge finished with a 6-37 record. He was hired before the 2007 season after going 79-1 and winning four state championships in his final five years at nearby Southlake Carroll High School, making North Texas the first upper-division school to elevate a head coach straight from high school since Notre Dame with Gerry Faust in 1981.
DENTON, Texas (AP) -Dan McCarney was a young assistant at Iowa when Hayden Fry left North Texas to become the Hawkeyes’ new head coach.
Now more than three decades later, McCarney has been hired as the new coach at North Texas, giving the Mean Green a leader with plenty of college experience to rebuild a struggling program.
“It’s amazing how this thing goes full circle,” McCarney said during his introduction Tuesday. “When (coach Fry) came to Iowa in 1979 … for the first few days, first few weeks, first few months, all we watched was North Texas football tape, to learn and to see and to watch, this is the system, this is what we’re going to do. ”
The Mean Green had become a Top 20 team during Fry’s six seasons (1973-78).
North Texas hasn’t been ranked since, is coming off six consecutive losing seasons and will now turn to McCarney, the Florida assistant and former Iowa State head coach, to help recapture some of that glory.
McCarney’s arrival came six weeks after former standout high school coach Todd Dodge was fired following a failed 3 1/2-season experiment on the NCAA FBS level.
McCarney has been in college coaching for 34 years, the last three as defensive line coach at Florida. He was head coach at Iowa State from 1995-2006, where he took over a dismal program that he took to five bowl games over a six-season span from 2000-05.
“When I got to Iowa State, they were winless,” McCarney said. “The difference we had, the facilities weren’t in place. … Going through those situations, it helps prepare you when you into the next one.”
The news conference at UNT was held in the athletic department building next to where a $ 78 million, 30,000-seat stadium is being built and will open next fall.
North Texas was 3-9 this season, its sixth consecutive losing record since winning four Sun Belt Conference titles in a row and going to the New Orleans Bowl each of those seasons. The Mean Green were 1-6 when Dodge was fired.
Dodge finished with a 6-37 record. He was hired before the 2007 season after going 79-1 and winning four state championships in his final five years at nearby Southlake Carroll High School, making North Texas the first upper-division school to elevate a head coach straight from high school since Notre Dame with Gerry Faust in 1981.
“While I have enjoyed my tenure at the University of North Carolina, it has become apparent to me over the course of the past few weeks that my presence has become a distraction to my family and to this great University, too,” Blake said in a statement released by the school. “Consequently, I have determined that it is in the best interests of my family, the University community at large, and the Football Program for me to step down from my position as associate head football coach effective today, September 5, 2010.”
College Football Talk: John Blake out as Tar Heels assistant coach
And it just keeps getting worse in Chapel Hill. All of the rumors and innuendo is one thing, but for an assistant to just quit mid-season tells you they found something somewhere. If you’re buying this whole “I just stepped down to avoid distractions” garb, I’ve got a bridge for sale up here in Brooklyn. This whole thing is just starting to reek of lack of institutional control.
The above is a photo of the north endzone of Bryant-Denny Stadium, taken before pre-game warm-ups for the 1959 Alabama v. Memphis State game.
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