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North Texas 2016 Season in Review: All We Wanted Was Improvement And We Got It

We’ve said it in a number of game previews this season and in our bowl summary, to boot: Oh, what a difference a year makes.

Except it wasn’t just the passage of time that North Texas has to thank. 2016 saw a new AD take the UNT gig, taking over from a man who by all accounts was as incompetent as his coaching hires would lead you to believe. Sure, new head coach Seth Littrell was hired by that same outgoing AD, but under the careful eye of a new and rebuilt athletics department, and also some experience winning at the collegiate level (something the last two HC’s lacked), North Texas QUINTUPLED its win total from last season, the biggest turnaround in the nation.