Dan McCarney Fired by North Texas: Latest Details, Comments and Reaction
North Texas Mean Green head football coach Dan McCarney was fired by the school Saturday, according to the Denton Record-Chronicle's Brett Vito.
The firing came after the 0-5 Mean Green lost to the Portland State Vikings of the FCS, 66-7. It was the third straight game in which North Texas allowed more than 49 points and the largest margin of defeat ever for an FBS team against an FCS team, according to Zach Barnett of FootballScoop.com.
Pete Thamel of Sports Illustrated reported on Sunday McCarney will be owed $1.8 million in buyout money.
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Losses don't come any more embarrassing than this, as Fox Sports' Bruce Feldman pointed out the game was over long before the fourth quarter:
The only winless team in Conference USA, North Texas has lost 13 of its past 17 games dating back to the beginning of 2014.
Things took a drastic turn for the worse in recent years for McCarney, who saw some early success after his hiring in 2011. In 2013, the Mean Green went 9-4 and won the Heart of Dallas Bowl against UNLV. But it all fell apart after that, as he finished with a record of 17-25 at North Texas.
The team has yet to announce an interim head coach.
Stats courtesy of ESPN.com.
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