You are probably here because you think North Texas Mean Green was named after famed alumnus Joe “Mean” Greene of Pittsburgh Steeler lore. It’s okay. Common misconception.

I created this site as a reference; a place where people could come and see how the North Texas “Mean Green” moniker came about.  Hint: Big Joe played a part, but we are not named after him.

Please feel free to look around, read Randy Galloway’s article published by the Dallas Morning News in 1967, and support our beloved UNT Eagles athletics.

I put this together on my own, and it is not in any official way affiliated with UNT athletics.