University of North Texas Women's Soccer

Last updated April 30, 2025 Hedlund's Records (through 2024 season): Career (30 years): 400-158-51 At UNT (30 years): 400-158-51 John Hedlund Year-By-Year Record John Hedlund, the winningest coach of any sport in North Texas Athletics history, completed his 30th season as the head coach of the Mean Green women's soccer team and his 34th season overall at UNT following the 2024 year. Hedlund started the North Texas women's soccer program in 1995 after previously serving as an assistant coach for the UNT men's soccer team. In his 30 full seasons as the women's soccer head coach, Hedlund has won 16 conference championships and has never had a losing season. He owns a 400-158-51 (.700) career record. He enters the 2025 season ranked 10th among active DI head coaches in career wins and 21st all-time. Hedlund is the only active DI head coach to never have a losing season while being at just one university for at least 20 seasons. Hedlund's 30 seasons at UNT makes him the 5th longest active tenured women's soccer head coach in the nation. What has been a winning tradition program for decades, Hedlund built an even greater dynasty while in Conference USA (2013-22). In the ten seasons the Mean Green were in CUSA, they won eight league trophies. That remains more than any active or past CUSA women's soccer program in the league's history. UNT won the league regular season and/or tournament championship in each season from 2014-2019. Hedlund built the program from the absolute beginning

Dejan "Milo" Milosevic was hired in January 2026 to return to the Mean Green as an assistant coach after previously serving as an assistant during the 2024 season. In his year away from college soccer, Milosevic served as a director with Dallas Surf Soccer Club, where he supported organizational leadership, assisted with coaching operations, and maintained strong communication with players and families. He also served as the owner and operator of Nova Sports Arena in Mansfield, Texas. Milosevic was with the Mean Green in 2024, when the team finished 7-7-6 and qualified for the American Conference tournament. Prior to that, he served as the men's head coach at Hill College in 2023. He has nearly two decades of coaching experience in both men's and women's soccer. He's coached at both the club and college levels. Additionally, he played collegiate and professional soccer and represented his home country of Serbia in international competitions. At Hill College in 2023, Milosevic turned the program around after a losing season and guided the Rebels to a region championship and just one win shy of a NJCAA DI National Tournament appearance. Eight different Rebels earned postseason accolades. Prior to his time at Hill College, Milosevic served as the head women's soccer coach at NAIA LSU Shreveport in 2022 where he took over a program that had previously had a losing season and then led the Pilots to a .617 winning percentage. LSUS women's soccer student-athletes posted a 3.42 team

Hannah Ellis joined the North Texas Athletic Training staff in September 2021. Ellis, who was born and raised in Denton, currently works with the Mean Green ...

Sissen was hired as an assistant coach on July 1, 2025. The Fort Worth native played collegiately at Hardin-Simmons and graduated in 2023 after starting 54 career games for the Cowboys as a defender.

Michaela Kelsey was hired at UNT during the summer of 2023 and serves as the head strength and conditioning coach for the Mean Green soccer and softball programs. She joined North Texas after two seasons as the head strength and conditioning coach at NCAA DII Cal State East Bay, where she established a program for all 15 of the Pioneers' athletic programs. Prior to East Bay, Kelsey spent one year as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at Dakota State University, designing and managing the internship program and implementing nutrition initiatives. She previously worked over three years at her alma mater UNLV as an assistant strength and conditioning coach, working with multiple sports including track, cross country, tennis, swimming, basketball, volleyball and softball. She also served as an assistant coach for UNLV's women's soccer program from 2018-19 and as strength and conditioning coach at Zumanity Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas. As a student-athlete, Kelsey played for the UNLV women's soccer program from 2013-17 as a defender, making 35 career starts and helping lead UNLV to a 2016 Mountain West Conference championship. She earned a bachelor's degree in kinesiology with a minor in business management from UNLV and completed her master's degree in exercise physiology from UNLV.

Neal Ozmun was hired to UNT's soccer staff on May 22, 2025 Ozmun joined North Texas from Idaho where he served on staff for the previous two seasons and helped lead the Vandals to back-to-back top two finishes in the Big Sky Conference and the program's first conference tournament championship title in 2023. It was Idaho's first-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament. In his two seasons at Idaho, the Vandals had a combined 24-10-5 overall record and a 10-4-2 combined league record. Idaho reached the Big Sky Tournament title game each year Ozmun was there, winning it all in 2023. Idaho fell just short in 2024 as they tied Sacramento State, 0-0, in the championship match but fell in the shootout, 7-6. Ozmun helped guide Idaho defender Alyssa Peters to two consecutive Big Sky Defensive MVP honors and goalkeeper Kira Witte to a 2023 Goalkeeper of the Year honor. In total 15 Idaho players earned all-conference honors in Ozmun's two years with the program and 11 Vandals were named to a Big Sky All-Tournament team, including the 2023 Big Sky Tournament MVP Rebekah Reyes. Ozmun is familiar with the state of Texas as prior to his stint in Idaho he was the associate head coach at Abilene Christian from 2019-22 under ACU's all-time winningest head coach Casey Wilson. With the Wildcats, Ozmun has helped shape the careers of two of the program's all-time greats in net, Rachel Johnson and Erin Smith. Both were named all-conference when they were full-time starters, with Johnson earning the honor