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The University of Texas at El Paso. The University of Texas at El Paso ( UTEP) is a public research university in El Paso, Texas. It is a member of the University of Texas System. UTEP is the second-largest university in the United States to have a majority Mexican American student population (about 80%) after the University of Texas Rio Grande ...
The UTEP Miners is the name given to the sports teams of the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). They are informally referred to as the Miners , UTEP , or Texas–El Paso . UTEP was a member of the Western Athletic Conference from 1967 to 2005, when they joined Rice , Tulsa , and SMU in leaving the WAC for Conference USA . [ 2 ]
The Don Haskins Center (capacity 11,892) is the home of UTEP Miners basketball. With fans seated extremely close to the playing floor and the UTEP student section located near the opponent's bench, "The Don" is so notorious as a tough place for opponents to win that UTEP has historically had difficulty convincing top-rated teams to play there ...
The State College of Mines and Metallurgy fielded its first football team in 1914, under the direction of head coach Tommy Dwyer, who led the team until 1917. [2] Head coach Harry Van Surdam took over the reins of the Miners in 1920, the same year the school changed its name to the College of Mines and Metallurgy of the University of Texas. [3]
The 2019–20 UTEP Miners basketball team represents the University of Texas at El Paso during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Miners, led by second-year head coach Rodney Terry , play their home games at the Don Haskins Center as members of Conference USA .
Transmountain Early College High School: 11:30 a.m., UTEP Magoffin Auditorium, 675 Circle Drive Bowie High School: 2 p.m., UTEP Don Haskins Center, 151 Glory Road Coronado High School: 6 p.m ...
The highest winning percentage by any coach is by Mike Brumbelow, who was the head coach of the team from 1950 to 1956, and went 46–24–3 (.651) in his career. The lowest winning percentage for any coach is by Thomas C. Holliday, who went 0–5 (.000) in 1921. The current head coach of the Miners, Dana Dimel, was hired in December 2017.
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