UNT is making the jump to the American Athletic Conference from Conference USA this summer. They also have a reshaped coaching staff, padded with local coaches.
Coach Eric Morris has had his fair share of experience recruiting local TexasHSFootball talent. In his inaugural press conference as the frontman of UNT, coach Morris expressed the importance of keeping it local, especially finding talent rich schools surrounding the campus in Denton.
He’ll have some help; nearly every member of Morris’ staff has Texas connections.
Running backs coach Patrick Cobbs was a former UNT standout that coached at Ryan High School. Safeties coach Clay Jennings is another graduate of the Mean Green, and has coached several schools across the state. Special teams coordinator Drew Svoboda coached at Klein Collins for a decade. Tight ends coach Chris Gilbert was the director of high school relations in our state and spent 10 years at Lancaster. Even director of recruiting Justin Owens was a coach and recruiting coordinator at Ferris High.
As a the former UIW head coach — a team that filled their roster with entirely Lone Star State athletes — Coach Morris believes the assistant coaches will bring a better understanding of the area as fantastic Texas evaluators.
