University of North Texas Men's Basketball

Updated March 24, 2026 Robinson's Records (through 2025-26 season): Career (4 years): 84-56 UNT (1 year): 19-14 Daniyal Robinson was hired on April 4, 2025 and became North Texas' 20th head men's basketball coach. In his first season as the Mean Green's head coach in 2025-26, Robinson was tasked with replacing the entire North Texas roster. The Mean Green were one of six teams in the country that season that did not return a single scholarship or walk-on from the previous season. Furthermore, UNT was challenged four games into the season when senior guard and leading scorer Will McClendon suffered a season ending knee injury. Robinson led UNT to a 19-14 overall record and a 9-9 conference record. North Texas finished in a tie for fifth-place in the American Conference standings and reached the quarterfinal round of the 2026 American Conference Championship. The Mean Green won 18 regular season games in Robinson's first year. It was the most regular season wins by a first-year North Texas head coach since Bill Blakeley in 1976 — 50 years ago. Robinson led North Texas to nine conference wins in his first season, the second-most ever by a first-year UNT head coach. Additionally, UNT's fifth-place finish in the conference standings was the highest conference standings finish a first-year UNT head coach had led a Mean Green team to since 1994. UNT's .576 win percentage was the second-best ever by a first-year UNT head coach in its DI era. In Robinson's first season the Mean Green

Curt Johnsen joined North Texas in June of 2025 with head men's basketball coach Daniyal Robinson. Prior to arriving in Denton, Johnsen spent the previous two seasons at Cleveland State with Robinson. Johnsen also has stops at Dayton, University of Miami, Georgetown and Ransom Everglades High School and Gulliver Prep High School in Miami, Florida. Johnsen has certifications in C.S.C.S., NASM-PES, USAWL1, and FMS. He received his master's in exercise physiology from the University of Miami in 2013 after receiving his bachelor's in 2012 from Miami and his A.S. in sports medicine from ICCC in 2010.

Last updated April 6, 2026 Deshon Parker was hired as a UNT men's basketball assistant coach on April 25, 2025 to head coach Daniyal Robinson's first Mean Gr...

Josh Kahn was hired to UNT men’s basketball head coach Daniyal Robinson's first staff as the director of basketball operations on May 7, 2025. Kahn came to N...

Last updated April 2, 2026 Kwanza Johnson was hired to Daniyal Robinson's first UNT coaching staff as an assistant coach on April 16, 2025. In his first season in Denton (2025-26), Johnson helped guide the Mean Green to a 19-14 overall record and a 9-9 league record. North Texas finished tied for fifth in the American Conference standings and reached the quarterfinals of the 2026 American Conference Tournament. UNT's 19 wins were the second-most in program history by a first-year Mean Green staff and its nine conference wins were also the second-most by a first-year UNT staff. North Texas' .576 win percentage was the second-best ever by a first-year UNT staff in its DI era and the best in 50 years. UNT featured the league's top scoring defense, holding opponents to 67.4 points per game and racked up 308 steals on the year, which were the second-most in a single season in program history and third-most in American Conference history. UNT featured the second-best turnover margin in American Conference history (+3.7) and the third lowest turnover per game average in program history (11.3). North Texas had notable victories throughout the season. On Jan. 4 they defeated Tulsa at home 72-67, snapping the Golden Hurricanes' then 10-game winning streak. At the time of the game, Tulsa was ranked No. 38 in the NET. It was UNT's highest ranked NET win since upsetting Purdue in the first round of the 2021 NCAA Tournament. The Mean Green also had notable wins over Memphis on Feb. 12, 76-

Mo Ba was hired as UNT men’s basketball's assistant coach on April 28, 2025 to Daniyal Robinson's first staff. In his first season in Denton (2025-26), Ba helped guide the Mean Green to a 19-14 overall record and a 9-9 league record. North Texas finished tied for fifth in the American Conference standings and reached the quarterfinals of the 2026 American Conference Tournament. UNT's 19 wins were the second-most in program history by a first-year Mean Green staff and its nine conference wins were also the second-most by a first-year UNT staff. North Texas' .576 win percentage was the second-best ever by a first-year UNT staff in its DI era and the best in 50 years. UNT featured the league's top scoring defense, holding opponents to 67.4 points per game and racked up 308 steals on the year, which were the second-most in a single season in program history and third-most in American Conference history. UNT featured the second-best turnover margin in American Conference history (+3.7) and the third lowest turnover per game average in program history (11.3). North Texas had notable victories throughout the season. On Jan. 4 they defeated Tulsa at home 72-67, snapping the Golden Hurricanes' then 10-game winning streak. At the time of the game, Tulsa was ranked No. 38 in the NET. It was UNT's highest ranked NET win since upsetting Purdue in the first round of the 2021 NCAA Tournament. The Mean Green also had notable wins over Memphis on Feb. 12, 76-69, Florida Atlantic on Feb. 22, 7

Last updated April 2, 2026 Steve Payne was hired on May 5, 2025 to head coach Daniyal Robinson's first UNT men's basketball coaching staff. Payne has over 30...

Stuart Plamp was hired by UNT Athletics as an associate athletic trainer in July of 2025 and is the head athletic trainer for the Mean Green men's basketball program. Prior to joining North Texas, Plamp worked as a field service representative at Matric Orthopedics and Enovis in Dallas. Plamp has connections to The American Conference as he worked at the University of Tulsa as an assistant director for sports medicine and its insurance coordinator from Sept. 2022 until April 2024. At Tulsa, Plamp was the lead athletic trainer for the Golden Hurricane men's basketball team. Before working at Tulsa, he was an assistant athletic trainer and worked in the concussion office at SMU from 2021 through 2022. With the Mustangs, Plamp provided care for the women's rowing team. Prior to his time at Tulsa and SMU, the Louisville native worked for three years at the University of Louisville as an assistant athletic trainer where he covered women's rowing from 2017 through 2020. He also assisted in management of chiropractic services to the Cardinals' athletic department. From 2016 through 2017, Plamp served as an assistant athletic trainer at Texas A&M Corpus Christi. While working with the Islanders, he served as the athletic trainer for the women's basketball team and also assisted with developing and implementing a new mental health emergency action plan and procedures for the athletic department. He began his collegiate athletic training career as an athletic training intern at Washing