Former West Virginia head coach Neal Brown has emerged as a leading candidate for the North Texas job, sources tell Dave Campbell’s Texas Football. Neal has not been offered the job and the Mean Green are still conducting interviews led by athletic director Jared Mosley, but Brown’s name is the one mentioned most by industry insiders and fellow coaches.
Brown is currently the special assistant to the head coach at Texas after spending six years in charge of the Mountaineers in the Big 12 Conference. He led West Virginia to a 37-35 record over that time, winning nine games in 2023 and leading the program to bowl games in four of his last five seasons. He was excellent the last time he led a G5 program, elevating Troy to three double-digit seasons from 2016-18, winning a Sun Belt Conference championship in 2017.