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North Texas Mean Green
women's basketball
North Texas Mean Green; women's basketball
	2024–25 North Texas Mean Green women's basketball team
University	University of North Texas
Head coach	Jason Burton (2nd season)
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Location	Denton, Texas
Arena	The Super Pit ; (capacity: 9,797)
Nickname	Mean Green
Colors	Green and white;
Uniforms
Home	Away ;
NCAA tournament appearances
	1986
Conference regular season champions
	1986, 2024
Conference division season champions
	1999, 2000, 2002, 2006

The North Texas Mean Green women's basketball team represents the University of North Texas (UNT) in NCAA Division I college basketball, competing as a member of the American Athletic Conference. Since their 1976 inception, the team has played its home games at the Super Pit.

Season-by season record

Tina Slinker has the most wins as coach of the Mean Green, with 241 (along with 287 losses), in 19 seasons as coach. Of the 10 winning seasons in school history, she had coached six of them. The Mean Green played in the Southland Conference from 1983 to 1996, the Big West Conference from 1996 to 2000, the Sun Belt Conference from 2000 to 2013 before joining Conference USA in 2013.^[2]

Season	Coach	Record	Conference Record
1976–77	Cherri Rapp	11–13	n/a
1977–78	Cherri Rapp	16–14	n/a
1978–79	Cherri Rapp	16–15	n/a
1979–80	Denise Smith	4–20	n/a
1980–81	Denise Smith	9–19	n/a
1981–82	Denise Smith	14–14	n/a
1982–83	Denise Smith	6–19	n/a
1983–84	Judy Nelson	2–25	0–12
1984–85	Judy Nelson	4–22	1–11
1985–86	Judy Nelson	20–10^[3]	7–3
1986–87	Judy Nelson	15–13	6–6
1987–88	Judy Nelson	14–14	7–7
1988–89	Judy Nelson	11–15	4–10
1989–90	Tina Slinker	16–11	7–7
1990–91	Tina Slinker	6–20	4–10
1991–92	Tina Slinker	8–18	5–13
1992–93	Tina Slinker	9–17	6–12
1993–94	Tina Slinker	10–17	7–11
1994–95	Tina Slinker	10–17	10–8
1995–96	Tina Slinker	11–16	9–9
1996–97	Tina Slinker	5–21	2–12
1997–98	Tina Slinker	10–17	4–10
1998–99	Tina Slinker	20–8	11–3
1999-00	Tina Slinker	17–11	8–6
2000–01	Tina Slinker	19–11	10–6
2001–02	Tina Slinker	21–9	12–3
2002–03	Tina Slinker	12–16	6–9
2003–04	Tina Slinker	11–17	7–8
2004–05	Tina Slinker	14–14	9–6
2005–06	Tina Slinker	19–9	9–6
2006–07	Tina Slinker	9–20	6–12
2007–08	Tina Slinker	14–18	8–10
2008–09	Shanice Stephens	11–20	6–12
2009–10	Shanice Stephens	9–22	5–13
2010–11	Shanice Stephens	5–25	2–14
2011–12	Karen Aston	15–16	7–9
2012–13	Mike Petersen	11–19	10–10
2013–14	Mike Petersen	12–18	6–10
2014–15	Mike Petersen	5–24	4–14
2015–16	Jalie Mitchell	11–19	5–13
2016–17	Jalie Mitchell	12–19	8–10
2017–18	Jalie Mitchell	17–14	6–10
2018–19	Jalie Mitchell	18–16	7–9
2019–20	Jalie Mitchell	12–19	6–12
2020–21	Jalie Mitchell	13–7	10–4
2021–22	Jalie Mitchell	17–13	10–7
2022–23	Jalie Mitchell	11–19	8–12
2023–24	Jason Burton	23–7	13–5 (T–1st)

Postseason results

NCAA tournament results

The Mean Green have appeared in the NCAA tournament once.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1986	First Round	Washington	L 54–69

WNIT Tournament results

The Mean Green have appeared in the Women's National Invitation Tournament three times. Their record is 0–3.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2001	First Round	Oklahoma State	L 79–67
2002	First Round	Washington	L 82–61
2022	First Round	Tulsa	L 75–62

WBI results

The Mean Green have appeared in the Women's Basketball Invitational (WBI) once. Their record is 3–1.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2019	First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals	UT-Rio Grande Valley Utah State North Alabama Appalachian State	W 56–42 W 56–54 W 56–53 L 76–59

Broadcasts

North Texas games are broadcast on the radio by the Mean Green Sports Network, part of the Learfield family. While games were previously on 88.1 KNTU, broadcasts are now streamed only on The Varsity Network app. Zac Babb handles play-by-play duties, while Michelle Brooks serves as a color commentator for home games and select road contests.

Television broadcasts are carried by ESPN+, ESPN3, and C-USA TV.