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John Skladany, who was the defensive coordinator for Dan McCarney at Iowa State, has joined North Texas' staff in the same capacity, a source close to the situation said Tuesday.

Skladany spent 11 years at Iowa State from 1997 to 2006 as the Cyclones defensive coordinator and linebackers coach. He was the defenisve coordinator at Central Florida last season.

Clint Bowen was UNT's defensive coordiantor in McCarney's first season at the school last year.

McCarney did not immediately respond to a message left at his office seeking comment.

The Mean Green went 5-7 and came up a game short of being bowl-eligible in its first season under McCarney, when UNT allowed an average of 30.7 points a game.

UNT played its best game of the season in its finale when the Mean Green hammered Middle Tennessee 59-7.

UCF finished 5-7 in 2011, when the Knights allowed an average of 18.3 points a game. Skladany was fired by George O'Leary following the season. Skladany worked at Houston from 2008-09 and has Co

Bowen arrived at UNT after serving as the defensive coordinator at Western Kentucky. He served in the same capacity at Kansas before joining the staff at WKU.

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Posted by Green Menace @ 4:14 PM Tue, Jan 10, 2012

What happened to Clint Bowen? Still at UNT or is he gone?

Posted by Andrew Morris @ 4:15 PM Tue, Jan 10, 2012

What happened to Clint Bowen? Did he go elsewhere? I must have missed something...

Posted by JD @ 4:44 PM Tue, Jan 10, 2012

So where has Coach Bowen gone?

Posted by Meaner Green @ 6:09 PM Tue, Jan 10, 2012

Sure, I will trade defensive coordinators and go from giving up 30.7 points a game to 18.3 points a game. Defense was the weak link last season at UNT, many things needed changing.

Posted by scp @ 9:27 PM Tue, Jan 10, 2012

Think this is a good move. Interesting to see how Coach Mac does not hesitate to make adjustments in staff after evaluation of the year.

Posted by North Texan @ 10:07 PM Tue, Jan 10, 2012

Go Mean Green. we have the potential to be one of the best teams in Texas.


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