Wren Baker knows that deeper-pocket schools eventually will come after his coach. Knows that Seth Littrell is on the short list of many an athletic director who might soon need a leader for their football program.
And Baker is OK with that. That's life as a mid-major athletic director. Baker knows that if others want Littrell, North Texas is having the success wanted by everyone associated with the Mean Green.
North Texas plays Troy at noon Saturday in the New Orleans Bowl, which kicks off college football's postseason, and the 9-4 Mean Green is led by a trio of eastern Oklahomans.