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DENTON – UNT men’s basketball head coach Daniyal Robinson hired on Friday Deshon Parker as an assistant coach to his first Mean Green staff. Parker, who was a standout player for Robinson at Cleveland State, comes to North Texas after being on Robinson’s coaching staff last season at his alma mater CSU where he was the youngest DI assistant coach in the nation. Last year at Cleveland State, Parker helped lead the Vikings to a 23-win season, which was the program’s most single season wins in 14 years. CSU finished second in the Horizon league standings and was the 2025 CBI runner up. Parker was instrumental in Cleveland State earning nine all-conference honors that season. A tremendous defensive player himself, Parker was critical in the development of two Vikings players earning Horizon All-Defensive Team honors in 2025. Parker joined Robinson’s Cleveland State staff in 2024 after playing one professional season in the country of Georgia for BC Sokhumi in the Georgian Superliga. That season he made the Georgian Superliga First Team honor as he averaged 18.3 points, 6.3 rebounds and 5.6 assists per game. He is a 2023 graduate of Cleveland State. As a senior for the Vikings, Parker played for Robinson who was in his first season as CSU’s head coach. Parker helped lead the Vikings that year to 21 wins and were the runner ups in the 2023 Horizon Conference Tournament. As a senior Parker averaged 9.7 points, 4.4 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game. Parker was voted at the end of the year to the Horizon All-Defensive team. In total Parker played in 150 collegiate games and made 126 starts. He scored 1,004 career points, had 481 career assists and 409 career rebounds. A native of Huber Heights, Ohio, Parker graduated from Wayne High School in 2018. He led the Warriors as a senior to a 26-2 overall record and to the Division I OHSAA state quarterfinals where they lost to eventual state champion Archbishop Moeller. Parker has five siblings. His older brother Demond played collegiately at DII Cedarville and is on the men’s basketball staff at Florida Atlantic. For more information on UNT Basketball tickets, contact the Mean Green Ticket Office at 940-565-2527 or at ticketoffice@unt.edu. Fans can purchase tickets at www.meangreentickets.com or visit the UNT Athletics Ticket Office located at Gate 2 of DATCU Stadium between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Saw same articles and basically all of the independent NIL are closing down shops to allow for the AD NILs to take over 7-1. Some of them have balances they need to clear out is part of why there is so much money flowing this year.

Really liking his size. Maybe a Dello2?

No sir! The players did not cause this NIL mess. The players are the end product and take on all the risk. The stupid coaches, universities and administrators are the real culprits. If they hadn’t been so damn greedy we would be fine. The idea that they players deserved none of the billions of dollars of TV contracts, video games and jerseys etc is just absurd.

Excellent post.

This is a rebuilding project period. It will take a couple of years to build his program.

Ugly truth is we have no chance whatsoever the way the system is set up right now. The University sure won't pony up and neither with the donor based on the hires we have made.

There’s some truth in this statement

Good luck to Alex and the many other portal losses!

No defensive front 7 and depth there seems to be the problem.

Looks like we truly are starting from scratch again! Sad!

That looks like a small nerf football not an egg. I want an immediate refund!

Something stinks on this!

Did you not watch our bowl game last season? Obviously not. Mestemayer is the real deal.

NIL and the portal are killing off our already small fan base. Donors are like rats off a sinking ship after Luncheon-gate and the latest basketball hire. If Morris doesn’t have a big winning season he will be fired and we will be stuck with paying out another long term contract. The football and basketball rosters have become revolving doors. Seems like every day another disingenuous post from a player transferring out but claiming how how much he “appreciates” UNT. I truly tip my hat to you that can make lemonade out of rotten lemons but Incan’t myself stomach much more of this crap. I am officially done. I supported UNT athletics because I graduated from there and I felt like it was a good way to support my university as a whole. I do not believe that anymore. We are just a stepping stone for people like Jared and coaches to use us to move up the NCAA food chain. Until they fix this NIL and portal crap I am officially out. I refuse to fund this anymore with my money or my time. Time is too precious and there are endeavors that bring me much more joy and less pain. I wish all of you the best.