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Grant McCasland (born October 14, 1976) is an American college basketball coach who is currently the head men's basketball coach at Texas Tech University.McCasland previously coached at North Texas [1] from 2017 to 2023, where he guided the Mean Green to two postseason tournament championships: the 2018 College Basketball Invitational and 2023 National Invitation Tournament.
The following is a list of North Texas Mean Green men's basketball head coaches. There have been 18 head coaches of the Mean Green in their 105-season history. [1] North Texas' current head coach is Ross Hodge. He was hired as the Mean Green's head coach in March 2023, replacing Grant McCasland, who left to become the head coach at Texas Tech. [2]
He'd follow Eustachy to Colorado State where he stayed from 2012 to 2016 before joining Grant McCasland's staff at Arkansas State, and subsequently following McCasland to North Texas in 2017. [7] [8] On April 2, 2023 he was promoted to be the next Head Coach at North Texas after McCasland accepted the head coaching position at Texas Tech.
For most of its history, the Mean Green have had patches of success, starting in the 1970s when the team received its first top-20 ranking under head coach Bill Blakeley as well as success in the late 1980s and early 1990s under head coach Jimmy Gales and then again in the mid to late 2000s under head coach Johnny Jones. Blakeley coached three ...
The 2022–23 North Texas Mean Green men's basketball team represented the University of North Texas during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by fifth-year head coach Grant McCasland, and played their home games at UNT Coliseum in Denton, Texas as a member of Conference USA (C-USA). They finished the season ...
The 2023–24 North Texas Mean Green men's basketball team represented the University of North Texas during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.The team was led by first-year head coach Ross Hodge, and played their home games at UNT Coliseum in Denton, Texas as first year members of the American Athletic Conference.
The 2024–25 North Texas Mean Green men's basketball team represents the University of North Texas during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.The team is led by second-year head coach Ross Hodge, and play their home games at UNT Coliseum in Denton, Texas as second-year members of the American Athletic Conference (AAC).
North Texas On April 24, 2012, Benford was named men's basketball head coach of the North Texas Mean Green. [4] During his tenure at North Texas, he coached the team to a 62–95 overall record and 30–60 conference record. He was relieved of those duties March 5, 2017. LSU