Administrators at the University of North Texas cleared its football coaching staff of any wrongdoing Wednesday after its Division of Institutional Equity and Di­versity concluded an investigation into charges of racial bias made by two suspended and one former football player.

The investigation began after defensive back Dominique Green filed a complaint with the NAACP on Oct. 29, just one day after he was suspended following an incident on the sideline during UNT’s loss to Middle Tennessee State University. Fellow defensive back Desmon Chatman, who was suspended earlier in the year, joined the complaint one day later. Former defensive back Gary Oubre, who quit the team earlier in the year, later came forward to support his former teammates’ claims.

“The university took the students’ allegations seriously and immediately launched an investigation that has now been completed,” President Gretchen Bataille said in a prepared statement. “The investigation revealed no discriminatory behavior, nor any pattern of racial bias in the decision-making and communication of the UNT football coaching staff, nor any within the football program as a whole.”

NAACP representative Ericka Cain said Oct. 29 that the organization would take statements from players who wanted to come forward and scheduled a visit to Denton.

Green’s mother, Pearlie Green, said the NAACP was in Denton on Wednesday and spoke with her son.

Cain did not return a message left on her cellphone seeking comment.

Pearlie Green said the family would continue to pursue a claim against the university.

“I am not surprised,” she said of the outcome of UNT’s own investigation into the matter. “We knew we were going to have to go to an outside resource. We knew the school wouldn’t do anything. That is not the end of the story. We definitely are going to continue to pursue it and are thinking about taking legal action. They have a lot to lose with those coaches they have under contract.”

Dominique Green, Chatman and Oubre could not be reached for comment.

UNT head football coach Todd Dodge declined to comment through a university spokesman.

UNT Athletic Director Rick Villarreal said Dodge treats his athletes fairly.

“It’s a matter of believing in Todd and his staff and being proven out that they are doing the right things with their kids,” Villarreal said. “When a coach is hired to run a team, he has to be the person who makes decisions and makes the rules. As long he does that consistently, the program will run the way it should. He has been consistent with his actions. If you look around the program, the team is evidence of what he has built.”

The university investigated several claims by Green, including an unfair decision to keep him off the travel squad for the first two games of the season, unfair suspension, inequitable application of team policies and unfair treatment associated with an incident at a campus cafeteria on Sept. 5.

The university’s investigation concluded that Green’s playing time was adversely affected by his attitude and performance and that team rules were applied equitably, including during the sideline incident that led to his suspension.

Green said he was suspended for saying, “We are from the hood,” during UNT’s game against Middle Tennessee. The university investigation concluded that Green was suspended for insubordination.

University officials also cleared the coaching staff of any wrongdoing regarding an incident at a campus cafeteria. Green claimed coaches instructed a cafeteria employee to falsely add his name to an e-mail to the coaching staff describing an incident in which a student did not present proper identification to be admitted for a meal.

The university investigation concluded that the cafeteria worker put Green’s name in the e-mail because the student in question provided that name. No disciplinary action was taken against Green in this case, according to the statement.

Chatman claimed he was unjustly suspended for missing one practice. The investigation concluded he was suspended not only for missing the practice, but also for misrepresenting his whereabouts to the coaching staff.

Chatman did not file a written statement for the investigation, but was interviewed by university officials.

Oubre did not respond to requests by the university to participate in the investigation, the statement said.

BRETT VITO can be reached at 940-566-6870. His e-mail address is bvito@dentonrc.com .