Hayden Fry pushed the name Mean Green in marketing, uniforms, and fundraising.
He changed our nickname to Mean Green when he was hired as coach/AD in 1973 to make us more unique. Eagles were still our official mascot.
But Mean Green was also used by NT athletics even before Fry….
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