Texas-El Paso

Official Name: 
University of Texas-El Paso
Nickname: 
Miners
Mailing Address: 

Brumbelow Building
Room 126
201 Baltimore
El Paso, TX 79902

Website: 
www.utepathletics.com
Telephone: 
(915) 747-6652
Fax: 
(915) 747-5444
Enrollment: 
17,230
Arena: 

Don Haskins Center
Capacity: 12,222
Year Opened: 1977

School Colors: 
Orange, Blue and White
Conference: 

Conference USA (since 2006)
Former Member of Border (1936-62) and Western Athletic (1970-2005)

Final AP Top 10 Rankings: 

(3) 1966, 1967, and 1984

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(17) 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1975, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 2004, 2005, and 2010
14-16 record (.467)
Reached Final Four in 1966 (1st)

NIT Appearances: 

(9) 1965, 1972, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1993, 1995, 2001, and 2006
6-9 record (.400)

NAIA Tournament Appearances: 

(1) 1941
0-1 record (.000)

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

Don Haskins (38 years from 1962-99, 719-353 record, .671)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Brandon Wolfram (1,831 points from 1998-2001)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Jim Barnes (965 in 1963 and 1964)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Jim Barnes (51 points as senior vs. Western New Mexico on 1/4/64)

All-American Selections: 

(3) C Jim Barnes (1964), G Bobby Joe Hill (1966), C David Lattin (1967)

Additional School Information on this Page:

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score
Coaching Chronolgy

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Jim Barnes (51 vs. Western New Mexico)
January 4, 1964 (senior/29.1 ppg)

1

2

Total

Texas Western

51

49

100

Western New Mexico

34

22

56

Texas Western

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Shockley

2

2-3

6

Dibler

2

0-1

4

Armstrong

2

1-2

5

Artis

4

0-0

8

Railey

1

0-0

2

Trednick

2

0-0

4

Stoglin

8

0-0

16

Flournoy

1

2-3

4

Barnes

19

13-22

51

Totals

41

18-31

100

Percentages

.581

Western New Mexico

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Wright

0

0-0

0

Padilla

0

0-0

0

Earlywine

0

0-0

0

Busby

4

3-5

11

Harter

0

0-0

0

Ward

0

2-3

2

Hendricks

2

0-0

4

Dunn

7

2-3

16

Wyatt

8

5-5

21

Gunn

0

2-4

2

Totals

21

14-20

56

Percentages

.700
Coaching Chronology:

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

Jack Vowell

1

1924

3-10

.231

1924

3-10

George Powell

2

1925-26

6-13

.316

1926

3-5

Edward J. "Doc" Stewart

1

1928

6-8

.429

1928

6-8

Mack Saxon

6

1929-34

34-61

.358

1930

13-6

J.B. Andrews

1

1936

0-12

.000

1936

0-12

Marshall Pennington

7

1937-43

63-83

.432

1943

11-6

Charles L. Finley

1

1945

10-13

.435

1945

10-13

Dale Waters

6

1946-47, 1949, 1951-53

39-67

.367

1947

12-8

Ross Moore

2

1948, 1950

28-28

.500

1950

15-12

George McCarty

6

1954-59

77-61

.558

1957

14-8

Harold Davis

2

1960-61

18-30

.375

1961

12-12

Don Haskins

38

1962-99

719-353

.671

1966

28-1

Jason Rabedeaux

3

2000-02

46-46

.500

2001

23-9

Billy Gillispie

2

2003-04

30-32

.484

2004

24-8

Kenneth "Doc" Sadler

2

2005-06

48-18

.727

2006

27-8

Tony Barbee

4

2007-10

82-52

.612

2010

26-7

Tim Floyd

1

2011

25-10

.714

2011

25-10
  • All-Time W-L Record: 1,254-942 (.571) from 1915 through 2011.
  • NOTES: Texas-El Paso moved up to major-college status in 1951 when the school was known as Texas Western
  • Texas-El Paso did not field a team in 1943-44 during World War II.