Fort Worth Star on UNT's Peterson Hire

[Harry]

Under just about any other circumstance something like this very likely would not be mentioned in this sacred space, but ... North Texas' director of athletics Rick Villarreal hired a good coach/person today, and an old friend.

Former TCU women's basketball coach Mike Petersen will be officially hired to replace Karen Aston as the women's basketball coach at North Texas. Aston recently left for Texas.

Before Jeff Mittie came to TCU and elevated that once punchline program into a consistent postseason player was Petersen; through charm, effort and sheer will he forced an administration to take the program as something more than a giant gnat. Before Mike was at TCU, that program was one of the very worst in the country. He was winning at a place where no one had won.

Read more here: http://sportsblogs.star-telegram.com/mac-engel/2012/04/north-texas-scores-a-winner-in-hiring-former-tcu-womens-basketball-coach-mike-petersen.html#storylink=cpy

[GreenFlag]

22:54 Possession of Drug Paraphernalia - A UNT police officer initiated a traffic stop, 1000 N. Texas Blvd., Denton. The driver, non-student Johnny Jones M 10/01/79, was in possession of drug paraphernalia. He was issued a citation, released from the scene, and an offense report was completed.

I had no idea JJ was so young and I thought he was in Baton Rouge at the time.

[SilverEagle]

Read more here: http://sportsblogs.star-telegram.com/mac-engel/2012/04/north-texas-scores-a-winner-in-hiring-former-tcu-womens-basketball-coach-mike-petersen.html#storylink=cpy

"I was Mike's media relations director when he arrived at TCU, so I carry a deep bias. Mike was great to me. One of my favorite lines he had for a player was, "You think you're trying but you're not."

well said.