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[mad dog]

http://meangreen.beloblog.com/2007/05/unt_...team_loses.html

[GMoney]

The pay is just not there to keep a 3rd assistant coach on the men's BB team. After JJ and Leonard, my guess is the pay is a lot less than what other D1 schools can offer.

[GreenBat]

Taylor to South Alabama

I just got off the phone with Chuck Taylor, who confirmed that he is headed to South Alabama to join Ronnie Arrow's staff. Taylor spent three years working with Arrow at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi before coming to North Texas

Taylor said that he learned a great deal from coach Jones, but that his long-term relationship with Arrow and a bump in pay helped convince him to leave UNT for another Sun Belt school.

Greener pastures?

[NT80]

The pay is just not there to keep a 3rd assistant coach on the men's BB team. After JJ and Leonard, my guess is the pay is a lot less than what other D1 schools can offer.

I think he was the 4th assistant after Coach Foy.

http://www.meangreensports.com/ViewArticle...p;Q_SEASON=2006

Edited May 2, 2007 by NT80

[UNTLifer]

Greener pastures?

Considering South Alabama doesn't have a football team, they are able to dedicate more money to basketball.

[NT80]

Considering South Alabama doesn't have a football team, they are able to dedicate more money to basketball.

That hasn't helped Pacific, Lamar, or UTA do any better.

[untbowler]

That hasn't helped Pacific, Lamar, or UTA do any better.

Pacific has done a hell of a lot better than any SunBelt School (outside of WKU) over the last decade.

[GMoney]

That hasn't helped Pacific, Lamar, or UTA do any better.

No, but they can still dedicate more funding to BBall than possibly another mid-major trying to support both. BTW, Pacific is not bad, but So. Ala has a history and is definitely more of a basketball school than any of those mentioned above.

[NT80]

No, but they can still dedicate more funding to BBall than possibly another mid-major trying to support both. BTW, Pacific is not bad, but So. Ala has a history and is definitely more of a basketball school than any of those mentioned above.

But that was a reason given for each dropping football was to make their basketball more successful; it hasn't happened at most and likely cost $$ overall in lost image and media.

[UNTLifer]

That hasn't helped Pacific, Lamar, or UTA do any better.

Apples to oranges. So. Alabama has a pretty good basketball history and is in a stronger conference than the schools mentioned above, well at least UTA and Lamar, with Pacific possibly being an equal.

[Green Means Go!]

With that opening.....I sure wish we would consider finding a spot for Deon Hunter on our staff. (We may not can afford to pay Deon enough....I don't know).

Edited May 3, 2007 by Green Means Go!

[greenjoe]

Has Deon ever applied for a coaching job at the college level ? Or at the high school level for that matter ?

[Buford_Julep]

He was an assistant coach at North Texas in 1991 according to his web site.

[Cooley]

That resume sure looks questionable!

[UNTLifer]

That resume sure looks questionable!

What parts?

[ADLER]

He was an assistant coach at North Texas in 1991 according to his web site.

I believe Deon was a graduate assistant for that season.

And another candidate that I think would be outstanding, North Texas alumnus Andre Boutte, coach at Beaumont Ozen High. He has taken a couple of schools to the state championship game during his career.