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Wednesday, August 31,2011
Sports
Page 5
Sean Gorman, Sports Editor
seangorman@my.unt.edu
McC arney brings no-nonsense approach to UN
Paul Bottoni
Senior Staff Writer
The UNT football program
sat at a crossroads following
the 2010 season. With an 8-40
record over the past four years,
the team needed a change. That
change arrived in the form of
a decorated new head coach -
Dan McCarney.
McCarney's coaching expe-
rience speaks for itself: 20
bowl game appearances in 34
years of coaching; 22 players
drafted into the NFL; a Big-12
Conference Coach of the Year
award.
But one aspect set the Iowa
City, Iowa native apart - expe-
rience in rebuilding a football
program.
From player to coach
Known for his defensive
knowledge, McCarney began
on the opposite side of the ball
as an offensive lineman for the
University of Iowa from 1972
to 1974.
"He was a team captain, a
guy that was out front, positive
and upbeat; a guy who wasn't
afraid to take a stand to get
people going in the right direc-
tion," said wide receivers coach
Nick Quartaro, a teammate of
McCarney's at Iowa.
McCarney returned to
his alma mater to begin his
coaching career, where he
spent 11 of 12 seasons coaching
under former UNT head coach,
Hayden Fry.
Following a stint as the
defensive coordinator for
Wisconsin, McCarney accepted
the head coaching position at
Iowa State. The Cyclones had
three winning seasons in the
helped the Gators win a national
championship in 2009.
Let the rebuilding begin
McCarney was among the
candidates UNT athletic director
Rick Villarreal considered for the
head coach position after Darrell
Dickey's departure following the
2006season. However, McCarney
was entrenched at Iowa State at
the time, and former Southlake
"We can kid about it all we
want, we can joke about it, but
losing is not funny to me"
—Dan McCarney
UNT head football coach
16 years prior to 1995.
In 2000, after five years of
rebuilding and mediocrity, the
Cyclones turned things around.
Iowa State went 9-3 that year
and won its first ever bowl game
at the Insight.com Bowl.
Following a 4-8 season,
McCarney stepped down as the
Cyclones head coach in 2006
after 12 seasons at the helm.
He spent the next four years
as an assistant Coach for South
Florida and Florida, where he
Carroll head coach Todd Dodge
was hired instead.
After Dodge was fired in
the middle of the 2010 season,
Villarreal once again had
McCarney in mind.
"He was on my radar because
of what he'd done at Iowa State.
He had taken a really bad
program and turned it around,"
Villarreal said. "We looked at a
lot of people, but at the end of
the day my first inclination was
the right one."
McCarney was hired after
the 2010 season and wasted
no time in beginning to reform
the culture of the team, such
as stressing the importance of
academics, and practice and
personal health habits.
"We can kid about it all we
want, we can laugh about it,
but losing is not funny to me,"
McCarney said. "I'm hoping
when the dust settles on the
season, people know this thing
is in really, really good hands
and is going in the right direc-
tion."
Junior linebacker Jeremy
Phillips said McCarney has
worked to change the team's
mindset on and off the field.
" There's been a big change in
attitude and work ethic," junior
linebacker Jeremy Phillips said.
"He's teaching us to be atten-
tive to the little things."
McCarney said he won't
knowhowgood orbadhis team
will be until it plays a game, but
there is no question he is ready
to find out.
"Ask Margy, my wife, I can't
sleep at night," McCarney said.
"I'mso excited about this team
because I want to do some-
thing people say we can't do
and [UNT] hasn't done in a
long time."
Photo by James Coreas/Senior Staff Photographer
UNT head football coach Dan McCarney talks with fans during theirfirst glimpse
of the new Apogee Stadium on July 30.
Coach's path to Denton nduded three states and five teams
Assistant coach at Iowa (offen-
sive line, 1977-78; defensive line
1979-89) under College Football
Hall of Fame coach Hayden Fry
1977-1989
1995-2006-Head
coach at Iowa State
1995-2006
Final year as head
coach for Iowa State.
The Cyclones finished
with a 4-8 record
2006
Assistant coach at Florida
(defensive line); Gators
won the 2008-09 nation-
al championship
2008-2010
Graduated from the
University of Iowa,
where he lettered
three years on the
offensive line
1990-1994
Defensive coordinator
at Wisconsin under
College Football Hall
of Fame inductee Barry
Alavarez
2000
Iowa State goes 9-3
and wins the Insight,
com Bowl 37-27 over
the University of
Pittsburgh
2007
Assistant coach at
South Florida (defen-
sive line)
2010
Hired as the head
coach for UNT
Mean Green successful in first home match o the season
Seniors lead
team over UT-
Alrington
Brett Medeiros
Staff Writer
Winning its first home game
of the Season, the UNT volley-
ball team broke a five-game
skid against UT-Arlington (1-3),
defeating the Mavericks in three
straight sets Tuesday.
The Mean Green (3-1) had won
only four of 52 matches against
the Mavericks before earning
the victory.
"That team is awfully
dangerous," said head coach Ken
Murczek. "With five seniors and
a lot of kids that can hit the ball,
they can do some damage."'
UNT took the first set 25-18
with efficient striking, capital-
izing on .308 percent of its kill
chances. Senior outside hitter
Madison Barr and freshman
outside hitter Eboni Godfrey
led the way with three kills
apiece.
"They had a couple of players
that made some errors early and
they started thinking about it
and we really got a rhythm going
"Everyone
contributed...We
always strive for a
full team effortT
-Ken Murczek
volleyball head coach
there towards the end," Murczek
said. "I think we'll just take it
one match a time."
The second set proved to be
the same story but with different
contributors. The Mean Green
took the set 25-17 but the key
proved to be UTA's seven errors
and UNT senior libera Sarah
Willey's team-leading eight digs
in the set.
"My goal is hopefully every
night it's someone different,"
Murczek said. "Everyone
contributed. Alot of people have
to touch the ball and we always
strive for a full team effort."
An inspired UT-Arlington
team made things interesting
in the third set. It consisted
of six lead changes and 16 ties
resulting in the 29-27 overtime
set and match victory for UNT.
"It's really important to be
able to finish a game," sopho-
more middle blocker Courtney
Windham said. "Not only does
it give you that base of confi-
dence, but it also gives you that
extra edge."
Up nextfor U NT is the Mean
Green Invitational starting
Friday against the Sam Houston
Bearkats who are 4-0 on the
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Amber Plumley/ Staff Photographer
The Mean Green women's volleyball team celebrates its third win of the season. The team defeated UT-Arlington in
straight sets Tuesday night.
season and lead the overall
series against UNT 17-9. Play
starts at 7 p.m.
Green Village.
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