The Miners needed a split against a quality team but fell short of the feat, as UAB dominated the slumping road team on Saturday (75-60) to sweep the series.
Following a series split against UTSA, the Miners will look to face one of its toughest tasks yet in C-USA as they travel to face UAB on Friday and Saturday.
In a must-win situation, the UTEP men's basketball team answered the call by using a mighty second half performance to top UTSA 69-51, thus splitting the series with the Roadrunners.
To round out the coordinator hirings, UTEP football head coach Dana Dimel formally announced the hiring of Dave Warner as the next offensive coordinator.