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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 . [ 3 ]
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 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 ...
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; Edit; View history; ... The UTEP Miners football team began playing in 1914. [1] [2] Seasons. Year Coach
The 1965–66 Texas Western Miners basketball team represented Texas Western College, now the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), led by Hall of Fame head coach Don Haskins. The team won the national championship in 1966 , becoming the first team with an all-black starting lineup to do so. [ 1 ]
UTEP coach Scotty Walden knows what his team faces, and what the outside buzz is going to be, as the Miners head to Lincoln as a four-touchdown underdog to begin his era at Nebraska.. The school ...
S Oscar Moore, 6-1, senior returning from last year. Part of the Kilgore College connection that was UTEP's more fertile recruiting ground under the previous staff, Moore worked his way up to a ...
The Miners represent the University of Texas at El Paso in the NCAA's Conference USA. UTEP began competing in intercollegiate basketball in 1914. [ 1 ] However, the school's record book does not generally list records from before the 1950s, as records from before this period are often incomplete and inconsistent.