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Breaking: North Texas fires defensive coordinator Matt Caponi
North Texas Mean Green fire defensive coordinator Matt Caponi after loss to UTSA Roadrunners in Week 12
Allowing a UTSA record 683 yards in a road loss on Friday night was the last straw as North Texas head coach Eric Morris fired defensive coordinator Matt Caponi, sources confirmed to Dave Campbell’s Texas Football.
The Mean Green entered Week 12 allowing 34.3 points per game, which is 119th out of 134 FBS programs. The unit ranked 131st in scoring defense last year while allowing 37.1 points per game. The run defense was the main culprit with North Texas allowing 201.4 yards per game in 2024 – 119th nationally. It was the worst run defense in America in 2023 when the Mean Green allowed 255.17 rushing yards per game.
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