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UNT has put millions into its football program. Will it pay off with the start of a new title-winning run?

By Brett Vito Staff Writer,

2024-08-28

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=22USJh_0vDanbF900 — Buy Now North Texas coach Eric Morris is confident UNT can get back to performing at the level it did during its run atop the Sun Belt Conference 20 years ago. “It’s been done before,” Morris says. Marco Barrera/DRC

Spencer Leftwich looked like he could still be on the North Texas football team’s coaching staff this fall.

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4WzYEo_0vDanbF900 — Spencer Leftwich

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2mbrvA_0vDanbF900 — Buy Now North Texas athletic director Jared Mosley believes the school's athletics department as a whole is making progress in a time of change in college sports. DRC file photo

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4G8Y6n_0vDanbF900 — Buy Now North Texas has made several moves to upgrade its facilities in the hope of regaining the momentum it enjoyed during its run atop the Sun Belt Conference from 2001-04. The school opened the Lovelace & McNatt Families Practice Facility in 2019. DRC file photo

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3WjkAs_0vDanbF900 — Buy Now North Texas fans and boosters turned out this summer to attend an event at Marty B’s put on by Light the Tower, a UNT name, image and likeness collective. UNT football coach Eric Morris talked about the importance of NIL for the future of the program’s athletics department at the benefit concert. Brett Vito/DRC

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0tO5cm_0vDanbF900 — Buy Now North Texas coach Darrell Dickey points down the field at DATCU Stadium during the 2017 season. Dickey led UNT on its four-year run atop the Sun Belt Conference from 2001-04 and believes the program has what it takes to break through in the coming years for its first league championship since that run. DRC file photo

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