NMSU announced today that head men's basketball coach Chris Jans agreed to a six-year contract extension keeping him in Las Cruces through April 30th, 2027.
After 24 hours, the NMSU Athletic Department has raised $15,000 from their 'Donate-4-State' initiative to offset costs for their basketball teams in Arizona.
NMSU announced that their men's basketball team will relocate to Phoenix, Arizona for the next five weeks and practice at the Arizona Grand Resort and Spa.
The New Mexico state men's and women's basketball teams are considering other sites in Arizona, Nevada, and Texas to relocate for the remainder of 2020.
NMSU became the first Division 1 school to have a licensed whiskey when they launched Pistol Pete's Six-Shooter rye whiskey along with Dry Point Distillers.
The latest college football casualty is New Mexico State, which announced early Thursday morning that the program will postpone the fall season to spring due to "COVID player health & safety concerns as well as 14-day quarantine requirement when traveling back into (New Mexico)."
Despite being linked to ETSU, NMSU men's basketball head coach Chris Jans chose to stay with the Aggies program, a move that will benefit both him and NMSU.