JJ accepts LSU job

[Brett Vito]

North Texas head coach Johnny Jones has accepted the head coaching job at LSU, a source close to the situation said Friday afternoon.

Jones met with his team at about 6 p.m. on Friday to tell them that he is leaving UNT.

Jones played at LSU and spent 13 years at the school as an assistant coach.

He interviewed for the position the last time it was open back in the spring of 2008, before Trent Johnson was hired.

Jones will replace Johnson.

Jones spent 11 seasons at UNT and revived the Mean Green's program. UNT won at least 18 games in six straight seasons and went to the NCAA tournament twice in that span - 2007 and 2010.

UNT won just 20 games in the four seasons combined before Jones arrived at UNT.

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[All About UNT]

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuddddgeeeee

[UNTFan23]

[untwillrise]

Luckily for us 4 years too late!

[H-towngreen]

I just literally threw up. Now JJ is gone and I have to clean this up. fml

[Mean Green Scrappy]

I am crying

[LakeTravis]

LEAVE NORTH TEXAS ALONE!!

YOU FING BASTARDS!!!!

[bstnsportsfan3]

Just Kidding

Edited April 13, 2012 by bstnsportsfan3

[Harry]

Congrats Johnny! You will be missed!

[Rudy]

Are there appropriate times to cuss on the board?

[untwillrise]

Question for yall oldies. How many coaches have gone from UNT to a more high profile job?

[Mean Green Scrappy]

Are there appropriate times to cuss on the board?

Dangit, darn, poop, crap, crapola, ugh

[CMJ]

Are there appropriate times to cuss on the board?

Chat is cuss central right now

[NorthTexan95]

crapcrapcrap

[Green Dozer]

Question for yall oldies. How many coaches have gone from UNT to a more high profile job?

4 Head Coaches: Fry, Moore, Aston, and now Jones.

[greenminer]

dang

[Maduro]

At least its not smu.

[Eastwood Eagle]

We should have fired him when we had the chance!

[Rudy]

So, Johnny is hired away from us within a few days of the 100 year anniversay of the Titanic.

Coincidence?

[Maduro]

i'll put a knife in the side of the super pit and we can all watch it deflate like a bounce house.

[Got5onIt]

Damnit!

He'll be missed for sure.

[golfingomez]

Congrats to JJ ... But this freaking sucks

[NTEdgex2]

Been waiting for this news to drop all day. Had a gut feeling Johnny was on his way back to Louisiana. Sad for us, happy for JJ. (insert favorite cuss word here)

GMG!

[cl_1_2008]

So, Johnny is hired away from us within a few days of the 100 year anniversay of the Titanic.

Coincidence?

On Friday the 13th of the year 2012, no less.

[Rudy]

On Friday the 13th of the year 2012, no less.

Son of a bitch, the Mayans were right. I need to start lining up my December, 2012 booty call list.