EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Conference USA unveiled the final results of the 2025 Bowl Confidence Index that is voted by a panel of media members who cover the programs to vote on which teams will qualify for a bowl game. Both Liberty and Western Kentucky casted 100% of votes. The UTEP Miners appeared on
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP’s P Noah Botsford, DL Derek Burns, LB Micah Davey, OL Mark Robinson and RB Hahsaun Wilson were announced to Conference USA’s 2025 Preseason Football Watch List as announced by league officials on Friday. Botsford played at Valdosta State for the last two seasons. In 2024, he booted 37 punts for
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EL PASO, Texas – Vice President and Director of Athletics Jim Senter announced on Tuesday that Francesca Green has been named UTEP’s Track and Field and Cross Country Head Coach. She becomes the eighth head coach in the history of the illustrious Miner Track and Field program. “We are delighted to select Francesca Green as our new Head Coach for Track and
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EL PASO, Texas – This year the football game between UTEP and NMSU will be the last as Conference USA rivals. However, it appears it will also be the last Battle of I-10 for a while. Because of UTEP’s departure to the Mountain West Conference (MWC) next year, the football matchup will not be played in 2026.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Former men’s basketball forward Otis Frazier III signs with a professional team in Israel, Elitzur Briga Netanya, a team who plays in the Israeli Basketball Premier League. The squad had a successful 2020-21 run in the National League earning a promotion to the Premier League in 2021. Frazier started 32
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — One of UTEP’s quarterback, Cade McConnell, who suffered a season ending wrist injury in the previous season, held his second annual skills camp at Canutillo High School on Saturday. McConnell had a few of his teammates help out, including miner back Kam Thomas and star wide receiver Kenny Odum. “El
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EL PASO, Texas – The 2025-26 Conference USA schedule for the UTEP women’s basketball team was announced by head coach Keitha Adams on Friday. The Miners will have 18 league contests on the docket, challenging seven teams twice while locking up once with FIU, Middle Tennessee, Missouri State and WKU. Delaware and Missouri State became members of CUSA for
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EL PASO, Texas – The 2025-26 Conference USA schedule for the UTEP men’s basketball team was revealed by head coach Joe Golding on Friday. The Miners will play a school-record tying 20 league contests (also happened 2022-23), facing nine teams twice and Kennesaw State and Sam Houston once. Delaware and Missouri State joined the conference for the ’25-26 season.
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EL PASO, Texas – Another member of the 1966 Texas Western national championship team has died. Dick Myers, 80, played in 14 games during the 1966 championship season. After graduating from UTEP in 1967, Myers spent 20 years in El Paso working for Farah Manufacturing. He retired in 2007 as the Vice President/Planning and Logistics
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP offensive lineman Tyrone McDuffie has always been a fan of the Miners. It all started at an early age when he and his family would attend UTEP football games. The Parkland grad was one of the best high school players from El Paso in the class of 2023. McDuffie signed with Colorado
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EL PASO, Texas – When UTEP men’s basketball coach Joe Golding begins his 5th season with the Miners, he’ll do so under a new contract. In June, UTEP announced Golding would receive a contract extension, but they didn’t release the details of that contract such as Golding’s salary. Through an open records request, ABC-7 was
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EL PASO, Texas – Miner fans can now purchase single-game tickets for UTEP football, soccer and volleyball. “El Paso’s Teams” will commence the 2025-26 athletic season on Aug. 14 with UTEP soccer hosting Abilene Christian. The UTEP football team will have its home opener on Sept. 6 against UT Martin, and UTEP volleyball will leap into action in the 915 on Sept. 11 against
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EL PASO – Miner fans can now purchase single-game tickets for UTEP football, soccer and volleyball.”El Paso’s Teams” will commence the 2025-26 athletic season on Aug. 14 with UTEP soccer hosting Abilene Christian. The UTEP football team will have its home opener on Sept. 6 against UT Martin, and UTEP volleyball will leap into action in
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DALLAS, Texas – UTEP track and field’s Marissa Simpson was named the 2025 Conference USA Women’s Track Athlete of the Year as announced by league officials on Friday. The league’s head coaches vote on the awards and consider the student-athletes’ performances from both the 2025 indoor and outdoor seasons. It’s Simpson’s second CUSA Women’s Track Athlete of the Year
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP Track and Field Head Coach Mika Laaksonen, who has led the program for 15 years, announced his retirement on Thursday. Laaksonen has been a member of the Miner staff for 28 years, serving as an assistant coach from 1997-2011 prior to taking over the reins of the team. Laaksonen was
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EUGENE, Oregon – UTEP track and field’s Marissa Simpson (100H) and Loubna Benhadja (400H) came up short in the semifinals at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in historic Hayward Field on Thursday evening. Simpson finished a spot short of advancing to Saturday’s 100-meter hurdles final. The senior placed 10th with a time of
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP track and field’s Marissa Simpson (100H) and Loubna Benhadja (400H) will compete in the semifinals at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in historic Hayward Field on Thursday evening. Simpson is scheduled to compete in the women’s 100-meter hurdles semifinal at 5:08 p.m. PT/6:08 MT, and Benhadja will run the 400-meter hurdles
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The U.T. System Board of Regents has approved a contract extension for UTEP men’s basketball coach Joe Golding, Vice President and Director of Athletics Jim Senter announced on Wednesday. The upcoming 2025-26 season represents the final year of Golding’s original five-year contract. The extension keeps him entrenched as the Miners’ head
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The University of Texas at El Paso has offered men’s head basketball coach Joe Golding a 3-year contract extension, UTEP source confirmed. The contract will still need the approval of the UT board of regents but if it is approved, Golding will be under contract through the 2028 season, which
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EL PASO, Texas – UPDATE: Ja’Net Esparza has been located. Shortly after this story was posted on social media, friends and relatives reached out to Esparza. UTEP then informed ABC-7 they finally got ahold of Esparza to let her know about her upcoming induction into the UTEP Athletics Hall of Fame. (Thursday 06/05/25) The UTEP
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Hanks Alum, Kendra Chambers-Coleman, gets inducted in the 2025 El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame after hanging up the spikes for good after 2024 Olympic Trials in Paris. Chambers-Coleman spent one season at UTEP before transferring to the University of Texas at Austin. “Going to UT in Austin is
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP Softball Head Coach T.J. Hubbard announced the addition of a highly decorated and versatile athlete to the Miners’ 2025 recruiting class: Tatyana Vega, a standout from Sunnyside High School in Tucson, Arizona. Vega arrives in El Paso as one of Arizona’s most well-rounded and competitive prep athletes, bringing with her a
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EL PASO, Texas – It was another solid pickup for UTEP head football coach Scotty Walden and the Miners. The team landed a highly sought after wide receiver from the division 2 ranks. Tuesday, Clarion University wide receiver Trevon Tate announced via X that he has committed to the Miners. Clarion University is a division 2 program
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP Athletics, in collaboration with Athletics Admin and Uni Watch, proudly announces the UTEP Miners Fan Edition Uniform Design Contest – a groundbreaking opportunity for fans to create the first-ever fan-designed jersey for men’s basketball in the NCAA. Fans can submit jersey designs for both the UTEP men’s and women’s basketball teams.
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KVIA) — UTEP track and field’s Marissa Simpson (100H) and Loubna Benhadja (400H) are leaping to Eugene after their finishes in the quarterfinals on the final day at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field West First Round at E.B. Cushing Stadium on Saturday. The 2025 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships
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EL PASO, Texas – Not one, but two runners from Burges high school will be joining UTEP’s cross county and track teams. Friday afternoon, seniors Malin Arnoldussen and Jacob Yeager put pen to paper during a signing ceremony. Arnoldussen was a state qualifier this past season, while Yeager won a medal at the regional track
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EL PASO, Texas – With the pressures to perform on the field or on the court, student athletes can often feel overwhelmed. That takes a toll on their mental health. UTEP is ensuring student athletes have access to mental heath services. Four years ago they partnered with Emergence Health Network to provided student athletes with
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EL PASO, Texas – Emmitt Berry (track & field), Randy Culpepper (men’s basketball), Ja’Net Esparza (soccer), Thomas Howard (football) and Jordan Palmer (football) form the 22nd induction class into the UTEP Athletics Hall of Fame. This year’s class will be inducted on Friday, Nov. 7, at the Larry K. Durham Sports Center, and will be honored at the Miners’ football game
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DALLAS, Texas – On Tuesday, Conference USA announced that UTEP track and field’s Rejoice Sule was named the 2025 Women’s Track Performer of the Meet, as voted on by the league’s head coaches. The sophomore sensation grabbed a trio of gold medals at the 2025 CUSA OTF Championships held on May 16-18, in Murfreesboro, Tenn.
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