University of North Texas - Intercollegiate Athletics

Intercollegiate Athletics

Overview

As of 2012, North Texas sponsored fifteen athletic teams that compete at the intercollegiate level of NCAA Division I — for men: football; for men and women: basketball, track & field, cross country, and golf; for women only: Diving, Soccer, Softball, Swimming, Tennis, and Volleyball. UNT has been a member of the Sun Belt Conference since 2001. Beginning fall 2013, UNT will compete as a member of Conference USA.

Football

In its 99–year history of intercollegiate athletics, North Texas has won 24 conference championships, with the last four occurring from 2001 to 2004 in the Sun Belt Conference. The team has appeared in seven bowl games, winning two — including the 2002 New Orleans Bowl. Dan McCarney is the current head coach. From 1952 to 2010, home football games were played at Fouts Field. In 2011, UNT began playing in newly constructed Apogee Stadium.

Men's basketball

North Texas won the 2006–2007 Sun Belt Conference championship and advanced to the NCAA Tournament. The season marked the beginning of a four consecutive seasons of 20–plus wins. North Texas won the Sun Belt Conference championship again during the 2009–2010 season, and again, advanced to the NCAA Tournament. The 2012–2013 season marks the fortieth season that the UNT Coliseum has served as the home for Men's basketball.