Daniyal Robinson

Biography

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