Ross Hodge

Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: North Texas Mean Green
Current conference: American Athletic Conference (AAC, The American)
North Texas record: 19-15 (.559)
Overall record^: 19-15 (.559)

Ross S. Hodge
Born July 15, 1980
Hometown: Dallas, Texas
Alma Mater: Texas A&M-Commerce University (BA, 2003)
Started out playing two years at Paris JC (TX) then transferred to (then D-II) Texas A&M-Commerce, where he played for head coach Sam Walker for two seasons; started his coaching career on Walker’s staff at Commerce
Returned to Paris JC as an assistant in 2005, then became head coach in 2006; went 83-17 in three seasons at the helm, winning two TEAC titles and winning 2007 TEAC COY honors
Moved on to Midland JC (TX), going an impressive 63-7 in two seasons at the helm; finished as NJCAA National Runner-up in 2011 with a record of 33-4
Joined the Division I ranks in 2011, serving as an assistant under Larry Eustachy for one year at Southern Miss before following him to Colorado State in 2012
- Part of two NCAA Tournaments and one NIT in five total seasons working for Eustachy
Hired by Grant McCasland in 2016 to be associate head coach at Arkansas State, then took same role at North Texas after McCasland was hired there in 2017
- Went to the NCAA Tournament with the Mean Green in 2021, then two-straight NITs that included winning the 2023 NIT title
In April 2023, following McCasland’s departure to Texas Tech, Hodge was elevated to head coach at UNT (program moved to AAC that summer)

^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I level only