Miners athletics

The UTEP women's basketball team used a 19-point lead at the end of the first half (33-14) and kept momentum in the second half to beat UC Riverside, 63-50, in the season opener.

UTEP Director of Athletics Jim Senter announced today that head coach Tobin Echo-Hawk will not return for her 2020 season.

The Miners football squad (1-6, 0-4 C-USA) will hit the road this weekend to face a struggling North Texas team (3-5, 2-2 C-USA) at Apogee Stadium in Denton, TX.

Not too much has changed from week one to the second week for the Miners' depth chart after winning 36-34 over Houston Baptist, but there are some interesting ongoing position battles on both sides of the ball.

The Miners got away with a slim 36-34 season-opening win against Houston Baptist and start the year with a 1-0 record after their first home win in 1,008 days.

Between having a revamped coaching staff and onboarding 11 newcomers to the team, UTEP women's soccer first-year head coach Kathryn Balogun continues to welcome the freshness in creating a program and establishing the new foundation.

As the Miners get ready to head to Ruidoso this weekend for fall camp, the team addressed the media this afternoon in anticipation for practices to get underway.

Alas, the 2019-20 schedule has finally been released by the UTEP men's basketball program, with a plethora of key games, including home games against New Mexico, Arkansas-Pine Bluff and New Mexico State, along with a huge road game against Houston.