Neal Ozmun

Biography

Neal Ozmun was hired to UNT's soccer staff on May 22, 2025 Ozmun joined North Texas from Idaho where he served on staff for the previous two seasons and helped lead the Vandals to back-to-back top two finishes in the Big Sky Conference and the program's first conference tournament championship title in 2023. It was Idaho's first-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament. In his two seasons at Idaho, the Vandals had a combined 24-10-5 overall record and a 10-4-2 combined league record. Idaho reached the Big Sky Tournament title game each year Ozmun was there, winning it all in 2023. Idaho fell just short in 2024 as they tied Sacramento State, 0-0, in the championship match but fell in the shootout, 7-6. Ozmun helped guide Idaho defender Alyssa Peters to two consecutive Big Sky Defensive MVP honors and goalkeeper Kira Witte to a 2023 Goalkeeper of the Year honor. In total 15 Idaho players earned all-conference honors in Ozmun's two years with the program and 11 Vandals were named to a Big Sky All-Tournament team, including the 2023 Big Sky Tournament MVP Rebekah Reyes. Ozmun is familiar with the state of Texas as prior to his stint in Idaho he was the associate head coach at Abilene Christian from 2019-22 under ACU's all-time winningest head coach Casey Wilson. With the Wildcats, Ozmun has helped shape the careers of two of the program's all-time greats in net, Rachel Johnson and Erin Smith. Both were named all-conference when they were full-time starters, with Johnson earning the honor