In fall 2013, UNT began discussion about its reaccreditation process. Reaccreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges takes place every 10 years. One of the requirements is a Quality Enhancement Plan – a plan that allows the university to look forward and focus on initiatives that will impact student learning.

The team beats the UNLV Rebels 36 - 14 and captures its first bowl game win in more than a decade.

On December 12, the UNT System Board of Regents voted unanimously to name Dr. Neal Smatresk president of UNT, the flagship campus of the UNT System. Smatresk, 62, will succeed V. Lane Rawlins who announced in March that he planned to retire at the end of 2013. Smatresk will join UNT February 3, 2014, after serving as president of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas since 2009. Rawlins will continue in the role until that time and will become President Emeritus at UNT upon his retirement.

Alumni restore economic viability of neighborhoods compromised by urban decay.