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The last University of North Texas head coach to leave the school with a winning record was Hayden Fry. That was in 1978. Seth Littrell intends to change that. Littrell, the Muskogee product and former University of Oklahoma fullback, is just over a month into his first head coaching gig, and while every college football program has its own unique challenges, UNT’s got so bad last year Dan McCarney was fired midway through the season — right after a game. In its first season in Conference USA, McCarney’s 2013 Mean Green squad went 9-4 and played in the Heart of Dallas Bowl. But the program quickly hit the skids, going 4-8 in 2014 and starting 0-5 in 2015 — which included a 66-7 to Portland State, the worst loss ever by an FBS school to an FCS program. Athletic director Rick Villarreal fired McCarney minutes later. North Texas finished 1-11, and Littrell was hired Dec. 5 for what looks like a major cleanup project. “I don’t know how much of a cleanup project it is,” Littrell said in a telephone interview. “I think the biggest thing is going in and whatever has happened in the past, everybody has to understand that everybody has a fresh start and we’re starting anew, and now it’s about going in and making sure we implement our program and implement our plan and making sure that everybody in that building understands that we’re accountable for what our core values will be, and we’re all gonna do it together.” read more: http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/sports/highschools/john-e-hoover-muskogee-product-and-former-sooner-seth-littrell/article_cc8a5f1b-e583-5247-afc3-924947e05bf6.html#.Vp09i6dUqSQ.twitter