Nick Quartaro is in his first year as assistant head coach and wide receivers coach at North Texas, bringing over 30 years of college coaching experience, including seven years as a head coach, to the Mean Green program.

Prior to joining North Texas, Quartaro was the associate head coach and offensive coordinator at Kansas from 2002-06, where he helped the Jayhawks earn two bowl game appearances. During his time at Kansas, 19 offensive players earned Big 12 All-Conference accolades.

The 2005 Jayhawk offense set a school record for bowl game total yards with 538 against Houston in Fort Worth Bowl, and in 2006 running back Jon Cornish led the Big 12 in rushing while setting a school record for yards in a season with 1,457.

Quartaro was with McCarney at Iowa State from 1998-2001 as the assistant head coach and wide receivers coach.

Quartaro, who also served as wide receivers coach at ISU, was instrumental in helping the Cyclones achieve back-to-back appearances in bowl games his last two seasons and the best combined record (16-7) in 23 years. His influence was felt in ISU’s 9-3 record, top 25 ranking and victory over Pittsburgh in the 2000 Insight.com Bowl.

Quartaro was named head coach at Fordham University in 1994 and spent four years building a winning program. In 1997, Quartaro’s last season, the Rams finished with their first-ever winning record in the Patriot League, a 4-2 mark, good for third place.

Prior to his appointment at Fordham, Quartaro had a five-year tenure as part of the original staff of Bill Snyder at Kansas State. Elevated to assistant head coach in his second year and associate head coach in his third season, Quartaro helped K-State to its first bowl game in the Snyder era in the 1993 Copper Bowl. He also had assignments as tight ends and special teams coach for the Wildcats.

Quartaro served as head coach at Drake University for three years (1986-88) and guided the Bulldogs to a 7-3 mark in his third and final year.

He also worked five years (1981-85) at Northwestern under former Minnesota Vikings head coach Dennis Green assisting with the secondary, the defensive line, and coordinating the special teams and coached future 14-year NFL punter John Kidd and special teams standout Steve Tasker of the Buffalo Bills.

Quartaro also worked as a high school head coach in Iowa and served as an assistant at Hobart College in Geneva, N.Y.

After starting his college playing career as a defensive end/kicker at Xavier (Ohio), Quartaro transferred to Iowa and became the Hawkeyes’ kicker for three seasons. He finished his career as Iowa’s second all-time leading scorer and was named academic all-conference as a junior. Quartaro spent time serving as a college football radio analyst in the Tampa Bay area while working in corporate management the last several years.

Quartaro and his wife, Stephanie, have two children, Andria and Tony.

Clint Bowen is in his first year as defensive coordinator and safeties coach for North Texas, having joined the Mean Green after a one season at Western Kentucky. Prior to that he was the defensive coordinator at Kansas.

Bowen will be charged with getting the North Texas defense back to its prominent place in the Sun Belt Conference where it dominated the league from 2001-03. Bowen has been a defensive coordinator for the last five years, including four years at Kansas and one year at Western Kentucky.

Coaching Jayhawk safeties from 2003-09, Bowen had at least one of his players earn postseason All-Big 12 Conference recognition each year. His 2007 defense ranked fourth in the nation in scoring defense and ranked in the top 10 nationally in both passing defense and rushing defense.

He helped Kansas post a 3-1 bowl record during his tenure, including a 24-21 win over Virginia Tech in the 2008 Orange Bowl. Kansas finished the 2007 season with a 12-1 record and No. 7 national ranking in both the Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today coaches polls.

In just one year at Western Kentucky, he helped the Hilltopper defense improve in every statistical category - going from 120th to 77th in passing defense, 118th to 86th in rushing defense, 118th to 69th in total defense and 119th to 99th in scoring defense. His 2010 unit led the Sun Belt Conference in total defense and passing defense in conference games.

A native of Lawrence and a prep star at Lawrence High School, Bowen worked as a defensive graduate assistant coach at Kansas in 1998 and 1999. He served as assistant director of football operations during the 2000 season. Bowen served one season (1997) as a graduate assistant at Minnesota with his college coach, Glen Mason.

Bowen was a hard-hitting defensive back for the Jayhawks in 1992-93 following one season at Butler County Community College. He led the KU defense in total tackles in 1993 with 114 total stops. That figure ranks as the third-most tackles by a Jayhawk defensive back in school history.

Bowen was instrumental in helping the Jayhawks to an 8-4 final record, a No. 22 national ranking and a win over Brigham Young in the 1992 Aloha Bowl. He was the recipient of the school’s Willie Pless Tackler of the Year Award following his senior season in 1993.

He is the product of a football family. His father (Charley Bowen) was a two-time high school All-American at Lawrence High School and his older brother (Charley, Jr.) was a four-year letterwinner as a defensive back for the Jayhawks and played in the Arena Football League.

Bowen and his wife Kristie have two sons, Baylor and Banks.

Anthony Weaver is in his first year at North Texas as the linebackers coach. Weaver spent the 2010 season with Dan McCarney at Florida, where he a defensive graduate assistant.

Weaver spent 7 years in the NFL from 2002 - 2008. He was selected in the second round of the 2002 NFL draft by the Baltimore Ravens. He played four seasons with the Ravens and three with the Houston Texans.

Weaver played in 103 games, starting 98 of them, and finished his career with 260 tackles, 15.5 sacks, three interceptions, and five force fumbles. In 2007 Weaver was the recipient of the Ed Block Courage award.

The Ed Block Courage Award annually honors one player from every NFL team who exemplifies commitment to the principles of sportsmanship and courage.

An All-American defensive end at Notre Dame, Weaver was a four year starter and team captain in 2001. After his senior season, Weaver was named Notre Dame’s most valuable player and Lineman of the Year. He finished his career with 17 Sacks, 154 tackles, and 42 tackles for loss.

Weaver was born in Killeen, Texas before his successful prep career at Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

“Anthony had a remarkable career at Notre Dame and in the NFL and I truly believe he is a star on the rise in the coaching ranks,” Head Coach Dan McCarney said. “We had a great year together at Florida and I am thrilled to have him as part of the Mean Green family.”

Mike Simmonds is in his first year at North Texas as the offensive line coach. He joins the Mean Green after a one-year stint as the offensive line coach at Indiana State.

Simmonds was the offensive line coach at South Florida from 2007-09, where he was on the staff with McCarney and North Texas offensive coordinator Mike Canales. He coached the offensive line at his alma mater Indiana State during the 2010 season. Simmonds played four seasons in the NFL as an offensive lineman with Tampa Bay and San Diego.

Behind the 2008 offensive line, the South Florida offense was on the cusp of many program records. USF led the Big East in total offense (405.0 yards per game) and ranked second in scoring offense (27.6). The rushing offense averaged 165.4 yards per game, good for third in the conference.

A graduate of Indiana State University, where he started 46 games and earned I-AA All-America honors, Simmonds was chosen in the 10th round of the 1987 NFL Draft by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

He started for the Bucs at offensive guard in 1989, once earning NFL Offensive Lineman of the Week in a game against Chicago. He signed as a Plan B Free Agent with San Diego in 1990. Simmonds is a 2007 inductee into the Indiana State Hall of Fame for his exploits on the field as a Sycamore.

Simmonds played his high school football for Belleville (IL) before enrolling at Indiana State, where his teams reached the I-AA Playoffs in 1983 and 1984.

Since his playing days ended, Simmonds has been named to the Gateway Conference all-decade team (1980s) and the Gateway Conference 20th Anniversary Team, in addition to earning induction into the Indiana State Hall of Fame.

Simmonds and his wife, Jamie (Whiting) have three daughters, Amanda, Lauren and Emily.

Kent Riddle is in his first year with the Mean Green as the Special Teams and Tight Ends coach. He was previously at Colorado and Boise State prior to that.

At Boise State, Riddle, was the running backs and special teams coach for five seasons. Many of his special team units finished regularly in the NCAA top 25, as the kickoff return team was in the top 21 all five years and the punt return team placed in the top 18 the last four seasons. And over the course of his five years, precision reigned in the kicking game, as BSU kickers converted 96.8 percent of their PAT kicks (330-of-341) and 73.1 percent of their field goal tries (68-of-93).

At Colorado he coached two All-American’s, placekicker Mason Crosby and punter Matt DiLallo. In 2007, however, Colorado was one of just of just six schools in the nation to rank in the top half in all five special team categories: net punting, punt returns, kickoff returns, punt return defense and kickoff return defense.

In 2005, Boise State ranked 12th in the nation in kickoff returns (24.2), anchored by Lee Marks, who was 10th nationally as an individual (27.9, 1 TD). The Broncos were also 18th in punt returns (12.8), with Quinton Jones second in the country with a gaudy 20.9 yards per return, including three scores. The coverage units were exceptional as well; BSU was 17th in punt return defense (5.9) and 29th in kickoff return defense (18.7).

Riddle coached placekicker Tyler Jones at Boise State to an All-American season and a spot as one of three finalists for the Lou Groza Award in 2004.

In 2003, the Broncos ranked 15th in the country in both kickoff and punt returns, following up a 2002 campaign when both finished 13th in the NCAA. The Broncos also led the WAC in punt returns and kickoff coverage, allowing just 17.0 yards per return. In 2001, David Mikell was seventh in the nation in kickoff returns (28.4, 1 TD), leading the team to a 19th place national ranking.

In his first three seasons at Boise State, the Broncos produced a 1,000-yard rusher every year. In 2003, David Mikell earned honorable mention all-WAC honors after rushing for 1,142 yards and 13 touchdowns. In 2002, Brock Forsey was named the WAC Offensive Player of the Year, as he rushed for 1,611 yards (11th in the NCAA), and led the nation in scoring with 26 touchdowns. In his first year, 2001, Forsey was a first-team all-WAC performer after gaining 1,207 yards.

Riddle had moved on to Boise State after serving as an assistant coach at the United States Military Academy for six seasons. At Army, his first full-time coaching position, he coached the fullbacks for his four seasons there (1995-98), and then switched to special teams coach and recruiting coordinator for the 1999 and 2000 seasons. He worked his first five years there under head coach Bob Sutton, and was retained when Todd Berry was named coach in 2000. In 1996, he helped coach Army to its only 10-win season in history, as the Black Knights went 10-2, including a loss to Auburn in the Independence Bowl.

Prior to joining the Army staff, Riddle began his coaching career in 1991 as a student assistant football coach at Oregon State University. In 1992, he was promoted to a graduate assistant position with the Beavers, first working one year as the video G.A. before working as the offensive grad assistant in both 1993 and 1994, helping tutor the running backs while also being in charge of preparation for the defensive scout team.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in hotel, restaurant and tourism management from Oregon State in 1992, after completing his playing career for the Beavers, as he played quarterback for coach Dave Kragthorpe.

He is married to the former Camaren Matlock, and the couple has one son and one daughter.