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The Mean Green were nine spring practices into the Neal Brown era when I stopped by North Texas for the 2026 magazine stop. Brown is the only new head coach at the FBS level in Texas and his roster was completely reworked thanks to the mass exodus following Eric Morris’ departure to Oklahoma State.