When Stallings begins his post in January, he will also assist in the selection of the replacement for athletics director Craig Hellwig, who resigned on Nov. 22. Mr. Stallings has been an athletic director and a coach associated with not just winning sports programs, but with the very best sports programs in the country. I believe he will help us make UNT athletics as successful as UNT's academic programs. The Mean Green Eagles' athletics program is also in search of improved visibility in the Dallas-Ft. Along with that, the school needs to find a way to strengthen its bell-cow, the football program.
Stallings definitely knows something about winning on the collegiate level.
In 1990, he joined the Crimson Tide and just two years later guided his squad to the school's 12th national championship. Overall, he posted an overall coaching record of 70-16 at Alabama. Coach Stallings will be able to give us some valuable insight as to what the University of North Texas needs to do to take the next step with our athletic program. Most recently, he named two new members to his staff. Kent Riddle, an assistant at Army the past six seasons, was selected to coach running backs and special teams.