This year, the Mean Green claimed new championship titles, new coaches, a new conference and a new name for the football stadium.
The winning streak began in March with the men's basketball team capturing the National Invitation Tournament title. In April, the women's golf team scored its third straight Conference USA title and the polo team took home the Division I United States Polo Association Men's National Intercollegiate Polo Championship. The softball team made it to the Conference USA finals in May. And Bleed Green, a men's basketball team that includes former Mean Green players, netted an appearance in the finals of The Basketball Tournament.
Beginning this fall, all Mean Green athletics teams now compete in the prestigious American Athletic Conference. Guiding their way into the new conference are new leaders Ross Hodge, who will coach the men's basketball team, and Jason Burton, who will lead the women's basketball team. They join new head football coach Eric Morris and Jared Mosley, vice president and director of athletics.