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In 1971, Pan American College achieved full university status and changed its name to Pan American University. In the 20-year period from 1965 to 1984, enrollment grew from 2,000 to nearly 10,000. A second campus at Brownsville was established in 1973 (which became the University of Texas at Brownsville, and later merged with the University of ...
On December 6, 2012, the University of Texas System Board of Regents approved a proposal to merge, eliminating both the University of Texas–Pan American and the University of Texas at Brownsville/Texas Southmost College. This led to the creation of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.
The Texas–Pan American Broncs (also UTPA) were the varsity athletic teams representing University of Texas–Pan American in Edinburg, Texas in intercollegiate athletics. . The university sponsored 15 teams including men and women's basketball, cross country, golf, tennis, and track and field (indoor and outdoor); soccer and volleyball for women only; and baseball for men on
The Vaqueros compete in the Southland Conference since 2025 and play home games at UTRGV Baseball Stadium in Edinburg. They are coached by Derek Matlock. Prior to the merger, UTPA competed in Division I as the Texas–Pan American Broncs, [2] while UTB, a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, had no
The team's current identity was established after the University of Texas at Brownsville and the University of Texas–Pan American (UTPA) were merged in 2015. The merged university inherited the athletic legacy of UTPA, including its WAC membership. Before the merger, UTPA's teams were known as the “Broncs.” [3]
The University of Texas–Pan American (1926−2015) — former unit of the University of Texas System in Edinburg, merged into the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley as the Edinburg campus in 2015.
The University of Texas–Pan American (UTPA), which was merged with the University of Texas at Brownsville in 2015 to form the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV), had a football team when it was known as Edinburg College and was a junior college. [2]
Edinburg, Brownsville: 2015 31,559 26,434 5,125 Vaqueros: Southland ... The University of Texas–Pan American: UTPA UT Pan American. Edinburg: 1927 1989 [42] [43]