List of University of North Texas alumni
The following is a list of notable people who have attended or taught at the University of North Texas .
Athletics
Steve Austin (known as Steve Williams while at UNT), wrestlerBill Bishop , NFL defensive tackleBruce Chambers , former Texas Longhorns football assistant coach (1998–2014)Patrick Cobbs , NFL running backJaelon Darden , NFL wide receiverLance Dunbar , NFL running backTony Elliott , NFL nose tackleToby Gowin , NFL punter"Mean" Joe Greene , NFL Hall of Famer, NFL defensive tackle and head coachCedric Hardman , NFL football defensive end; 1970 first round draft pick, San Francisco 49ers Abner Haynes , AFL and NFL running backJim Hess , former college coach and NFL scoutDon January , PGA Senior Tour golferChris Jones (born 1993), basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League Brad Kassell , NFL Defensive PlayerCarl "Spider" Lockhart , NFL defensive backBilly Maxwell , PGA Senior Tour golferTony Mitchell , NBA forwardUmar Muhammad , football playerJamize Olawale , NFL fullbackZach Orr , NFL linebackerCarlos Ortiz , PGA Tour golferWillie Parker , NFL offensive linemanJohnny Quinn , USA Olympic BobsledRay Renfro , NFL wide receiverHurles Scales , NFL defensive backKal Segrist , MLB second baseman and Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball head coach (1968–83)[ 1] Ron Shanklin , NFL receiver and All-Pro playerCharlie Shepard , all-star CFL running backJ.T. Smith , NFL wide receiverDennis Swilley , NFL offensive linemanTra Telligman , UFC fighterHarry Vines , wheelchair basketball pioneerDavid Von Erich (real name David Adkisson), deceased professional wrestler dubbed the "Yellow Rose of Texas," brother of Kevin Von ErichKevin Von Erich (real name Kevin Adkisson), professional wrestler dubbed "the Golden Warrior", brother of David Von ErichBrian Waters , NFL offensive linemanJeff Wilson , NFL running back
Lawrence B. Jones , journalist, news anchor, news reporter, investigative reporter, and Fox News media personalityTheodore Albrecht , musicologistLarry Austin , composerJoe Don Baker , film actor, Charley Varrick Walking Tall Cape Fear James Bond filmsDave Barnett , sports announcerWilliam Basinski , musicianBob Belden , jazz musician, Grammy Award-winning composerBrian Biggs , children's book illustratorGregg Bissonette , jazz and rock drummerSally Blakemore , paper engineer and pop-up book creatorJoan Blondell , Oscar-nominated film and television actress, Desk Set Nightmare Alley The Cincinnati Kid Grease Craig Bohmler , composerZach Bolton , voice actorPat Boone , pop and gospel singer, actor and television personalityBilly Lee Brammer , novelist and journalistJustin Briner , voice actorBrave Combo , Grammy -winning polka rock bandKaren Mixon Cook , disc jockeyEden Brent , blues pianist and vocalistRogers Cadenhead , author of computer books; Web publisher; member of RSS Advisory Board Matt Chamberlain , session drummerThomas Haden Church , Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning film and television actor, Sideways Spider-Man 3 Broken Trail Jeff Coffin , jazz saxophonist of Dave Matthews band and Béla Fleck and the Flecktones Joseph Patrick Cranshaw , film actor, best known as "Blue" from movie Old School Ivan Davis , classical concert pianistAaron Dismuke , voice actorMiranda Dodson , Christian folk musicianBob Dorough , bebop and jazz pianist/vocalist of Schoolhouse Rock George Dunham , radio talk-show host and former "voice of the Mean Green Radio Network"Matthew Earnest , theatre directorGreg Edmonson , musicianAlyssa Edwards , drag performer, choreographer, and businesspersonTodd and Toby Pipes , one hit wonders from the 1990s (Deep Blue Something)Rob Erdle , watercolorist, regents' professorCharlie Fern , White House speechwriter, journalistKelli Finglass Director of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, television personality, television producerSteve Flanigan Film Producer, Director and DP.
Mark Followill , sports announcerO'Neil Ford , architect whose works include San Antonio 's Tower of the Americas Steven Fromholz , singer-songwriter, 2007 Poet Laureate of Texas Bobby Fuller , rock singer/guitarist best known for his band's cover of "I Fought the Law "Phyllis George , Miss America 1971; First Lady of Kentucky, 1979–83; TV personality; broadcaster for The NFL Today Jimmy Giuffre , jazz musicianJames Hampton , actor and directorGerald Harvey Jones , a.k.a. G. Harvey, (1933–2017), painter.[ 2] Kyle Hebert , voice actorDon Henley , Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and drummer, solo and with The Eagles Sara Hickman , folk singer/songwriterRay Wylie Hubbard , country music singerKyle Irion, blogger and fiction author
Elliott Johnson , artist and designerNorah Jones , Grammy -winning pianist and singer-songwriterGeorge Keaton, Jr. , historianJeffrey L. Kimball , cinematographer of Top Gun Scott Kurtz , creator of the webcomic PvP Sue Ane Langdon , actressMichael Lark , comic book artistLecrae , Christian hip-hop artist, actor, co-founder of Reach Records T. Lewis, illustrator of the comic strip Over the Hedge
Tom "Bones" Malone , trombonist; played with Saturday Night Live Late Show with David Letterman The Blues Brothers "Blue Lou" Marini , saxophonist; played with Saturday Night Live house band and The Blues BrothersJim Marrs , conspiracy theorist and author of Crossfire: the Plot that Killed Kennedy (the basis for the Oliver Stone film JFK )Lyle Mays , composer and keyboardist with Pat Metheny Group Dr. Phil McGraw , television personality and psychologist
Eli McDonald, artist
Larry McMurtry , novelist, essayist and screenwriter; won Pulitzer Prize for novel Lonesome Dove Academy Award for screenplay of Brokeback Mountain Melissa McMillan, vocalist & multi-instrumentalist (Hozier , The Killers )
Meat Loaf , rock singer and film actorBill Mercer , sports and professional wrestling announcerTakesha Meshé Kizart , operatic sopranoJim Metcalf , news reporter and Peabody Award recipientR. K. Milholland , creator of webcomics Something Positive New Gold Dreams Midnight Macabre Lawrence Montaigne , actor, writer, dancer, and stuntmanLatonia Moore , operatic sopranoMaren Morris , Grammy Award -winning singer-songwriter[ 3] Bill Moyers , journalist and commentatorJack Nance , stage, TV and film actor, notable for his works with director David Lynch including Eraserhead Twin Peaks Trina Nishimura , voice actorWarren Carl Norwood , author of science-fiction novelsRoy Orbison , rock singer-songwriter in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Brina Palencia , voice actorAlan Palomo , frontman for Neon Indian Jessie Pavelka , television star and modelMark Phillips, founding member and face of YouTube group RDCWorld
Craig Pilo (born 1972), drummerDavid Portillo, operatic tenor
Emily Pulley , operatic soprano who has performed in more than 150 operasPatricia Racette , operatic sopranoLeila Rahimi , sports reporter and anchorAnne Rice , author, Interview with the Vampire Michelle Rojas , voice actorJim Rotondi , jazz trumpeter, educator and conductorMelissa Rycroft , dancer and television personalityPhilece Sampler , film, television, and voice actorChristopher Sabat , voice actorSonny Strait , voice actor and comic book artistAndrew Savage , musician and artistEmilia Schatz , video game designer at Naughty Dog Ann Sheridan , film actress, star of Dodge City The Man Who Came to Dinner Nora Prentiss Damin Spritzer , organist and academicClinton Howard Swindle , journalist and authorAlexis Tipton , voice actorDarren Trumeter , member of The Whitest Kids U' Know comedy troupePaul Varghese , stand-up comedian, appeared on NBC's Last Comic Standing Jennifer Vasquez , Big Brother Craig Way , sports announcerPeter Weller , film actor and star of RoboCop Noble Willingham , television and film actor, Walker, Texas Ranger Good Morning, Vietnam City Slickers Kaela Sinclair , musician, keyboardist and vocalist for M83 [ 4] Shara Worden , musician, performs under the name My Brightest Diamond Xiaoze Xie , artistDenny Thomas, Emmy-winning editor
Science and education
W. J. Adkins, B.A. 1930 (1907–1965), founding president of Laredo Community College
Jeff M. Allen , information scientistDee Brock (B.A., M.A., Ph.D.), senior vice president of educational programming at PBS Elise F. Harmon , B.S. (1909–1985),[ 5] [ 6] Anita Jose , Ph.D, business strategist, essayist, and professor at Hood College John E. King , PhD, president of the Kansas State Teachers College (now Emporia State University ); president of the University of Wyoming , 1966-1967Juan L. Maldonado (B.A. 1972, Master of Education 1975) has been the president of Laredo Community College since 2007.[ 7] Gary S. Metcalf (1957), organizational theorist and management consultantCharles Mullins , cardiologist and former CEO, Parkland Hospital ; administrator, University of Texas System Lorene Lane Rogers , Ph.D. (1914–2009), president of The University of Texas , first woman president of a major public universityNicola Scafetta , Ph.D, physicist
Government and public service
Adel al-Jubeir , Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs since 29 April 2015. He was the former ambassador to Washington, former adviser to the Royal Court of Saudi Arabia.Dick Armey , former Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives, Texas District 26, which includes UNT, former economics professor and department chair at UNTRobert Lee Bobbitt, Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives (1927–1929); Attorney General of Texas (1929–1930); state court judge (1935–1937); chairman of the Texas Highway Department (1937–1943)
Michael C. Burgess , current U.S. representative for the 26th Texas district , which includes UNTKonni Burton , Texas State Senator as of 2015Jack Cox , Republican gubernatorial nominee in 1962; Houston oilfield equipment industrialistTony Goolsby (Class of 1961), member of the Texas House of Representatives from Dallas County from 1989 to 2009[ 8] Warren G. Harding , former Texas State Treasurer (1977–1983) and Dallas County Treasurer (1950–1977); former President of North Texas State University.Jim Hightower , populist activist and former Texas Commissioner of AgricultureOpal Lee , activist who championed Juneteenth becoming a U.S. Federal holiday [ 9] Joseph L. Lengyel , General, U.S. Air Force; Chief, National Guard BureauClint Lorance (born 1984), Army officer convicted of second-degree murder for battlefield deaths; pardonedDiane Patrick (Class of 1969 and 1999, M.A. and Ph.D.), member of the Texas House of Representatives from Arlington; former faculty member in education[ 10] Ray Roberts , former Congressman from Denton; namesake of nearby Lake Ray Roberts Corry Schiermeyer , former United States Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications (acting) (2006–2007), Associate EPA Administrator for Public Affairs (2019-2020)Gwyn Shea , former Texas secretary of state (2002–2003) and a member of the Texas House of Representatives (1983–1993) from Irving ; UNT regent since 2007Drew Springer, Jr. , state representative from District 68 in North Texas and the eastern South Plains [ 11] Barbara Staff , co-chairman of the 1976 Texas Ronald Reagan presidential primary campaign[ 12]
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References
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