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'''Donald Haskins''' (born [[March 14]], [[1930]] in [[Enid, Oklahoma]]) is an [[United States|American]] former collegiate [[basketball]] [[coach (sport)|coach]]. He was the head coach at Texas Western College (now the [[University of Texas at El Paso]]) from 1961 to 1999, including the [[1966 in sports|1966]] season when that school's basketball team won the [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship|NCAA basketball championship]] over the Wildcats of the [[University of Kentucky]], then coached by hoops legend [[Adolph Rupp]].
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Don Haskins
| image = DonHaskinsUTEPcoach.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Don Haskins, November 29, 2005, upon the renaming of Glory Road, the street the [[Don Haskins Center]] is on, at the [[UTEP]] campus, [[El Paso, Texas]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|3|14}}
| birth_place = [[Enid, Oklahoma]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2008|9|7|1930|3|14}}
| death_place = [[El Paso, Texas]], U.S.
| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1949–1952
| player_team1 = [[Oklahoma State Cowboys men's basketball|Oklahoma A&M]]
| coach_years1 = 1955–1956
| coach_team1 = [[Benjamin High School|Benjamin HS (TX)]]
| coach_years2 = 1956–1960
| coach_team2 = Hedley HS (TX)
| coach_years3 = 1960–1961
| coach_team3 = [[Dumas High School (Texas)|Dumas HS (TX)]]
| coach_years4 = 1961–1999
| coach_team4 = [[UTEP Miners men's basketball|Texas Western / UTEP]]
| coach_years5 = 1972
| coach_team5 = [[United States men's national basketball team|United States]] (assistant)
| overall_record = 719–353
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record =
| championships = [[List of NCAA Division I men's basketball champions|NCAA University Division tournament]] ([[1966 NCAA University Division basketball tournament|1966]])<br/>7 [[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]] regular season (1970, 1983–1987, 1992)<br />4 [[WAC men's basketball tournament|WAC tournament]] ([[1984 WAC men's basketball tournament|1984]], [[1986 WAC men's basketball tournament|1986]], [[1989 WAC men's basketball tournament|1989]], [[1990 WAC men's basketball tournament|1990]])
| awards = 2x [[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]] Coach of the Year (1983, 1987)
| coaching_records =
| BASKHOF_year = 1997
| CBBASKHOF_year = 2006
}}
'''Donald Lee Haskins''' (March 14, 1930 – September 7, 2008), nicknamed "'''The Bear'''", was an American [[basketball]] player and coach. He played [[college basketball]] for three years under coach [[Henry Iba]] at [[Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball|Oklahoma A&M]] (now Oklahoma State University). He was the head coach at the [[University of Texas at El Paso]] from 1961 to 1999 (the school was known as Texas Western College until 1967). In 1966 his team won the [[1966 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA tournament]] over the Wildcats of the [[Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball|University of Kentucky]], coached by [[Adolph Rupp]]. The watershed game highlighted the end of [[Racial segregation in the United States|racial segregation]] in college basketball.
 
In his time at Texas Western/UTEP, he compiled a 719&ndash;353 record, suffering only five losing seasons. His [[UTEP Miners men's basketball|Miners]] won seven Western Athletic Conference championships and four WAC tournament titles, had fourteen NCAA tournament berths and made seven trips to the [[National Invitation Tournament|NIT]]. Haskins led UTEP to 17 20-plus-win seasons and served as an assistant Olympic team coach in 1972.<ref>[http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/tag/donald-l-don-haskins Official Website of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame – Hall of Famers<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831070915/http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/tag/donald-l-don-haskins |date=2009-08-31 }}</ref> He was admitted to the [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame]] in 1997 as a basketball coach. His 1966 team was inducted in its entirety by the same Hall of Fame on September 7, 2007. A movie was made about him called [[Glory Road (film)|Glory Road]] in 2008.
This event had societal implications well above its sporting ones. Texas Western had been recruiting and playing [[African American]] players in the [[1950s]], when no schools in the [[Southeastern Conference]] or the former [[Southwest Conference]] would offer them athletic scholarships. When Haskins arrived in El Paso, he had inherited one black player, future [[University of Arkansas|Arkansas]] coach [[Nolan Richardson]], from his coaching predecessor. Haskins recruited and played black players to an even greater extent. Rupp, conversely, was largely regarded as being a supporter of [[segregation]], or at least very reluctant to recruit black players. The game was played on national [[television]], and to the confoundment of pundits, Haskins chose to play an all-black starting lineup; the team defeated Rupp's all-white one. (However, the game was not as large an upset as was often depicted after the fact; Texas Western was in the top five of that season's final polls.)
 
==Early coaching career==
This game did much to change the perception of African-American athletes and to speed the [[desegregation]] of intercollegiate sports. It probably hastened the name change of Texas Western College as well; because of the basketball team, many persons erroneously concluded that Texas Western was an [[historically black college]], perhaps confusing it with [[Texas Southern University]]. In any event, the school's name was changed to the Univerisity of Texas at El Paso the next year.
After college and a stint with the [[Amateur Athletic Union]]'s Artesia Travelers, Haskins began coaching small-town Texas high schools ([[Benjamin, Texas|Benjamin]], [[Hedley, Texas|Hedley]] and [[Dumas, Texas|Dumas]]) from 1955 to 1961. He took a pay cut for a chance to be a college coach, accepting a job offer at Texas Western College—now known as the [[University of Texas at El Paso]] (UTEP) in 1961.<ref>[http://ia.utep.edu/Default.aspx?tabid=33838 ia.utep.edu/gloryroad > The Team > Coach Don Haskins<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
 
In the 1950s, prior to Haskins' arrival, Texas Western recruited and played [[African American]] players in a time when it was still common to find all-white college sports teams, particularly in the South.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ia.utep.edu/Default.aspx?tabid=34005 |title=ia.utep.edu/gloryroad > The Team > Making History<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2007-05-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219191257/http://ia.utep.edu/Default.aspx?tabid=34005 |archive-date=2012-02-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref> When Haskins arrived in El Paso, he inherited three black players from his coaching predecessor. One of those players, El Paso native [[Nolan Richardson]], later won the [[1994 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament]] national championship as the head coach at [[Arkansas Razorbacks basketball|Arkansas]].
Haskins coached at UTEP for many years after his historic championship season, with general success, but never came truly close to repeating the team's 1966 performance. He is regarded, however, as one of the important figures in the history of basketball due to his courage to face its racial issues directly. He was elected to the [[Basketball Hall of Fame]] in 1997.
 
In 1961–62, Haskins' first season as head coach, the Miners had an 18–6 record. The next year they posted a 19–7 mark and made the first of 14 [[NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA tournament]] appearances under Haskins. They again reached the NCAA Tournament in [[1964 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|1964]] and played in the NIT in [[1965 National Invitation Tournament|1965]]. On numerous occasions, Haskins stated that he believed his 1964 team could have won the NCAA Tournament had All-American [[Jim Barnes (basketball)|Jim Barnes]] not fouled out after playing only eight minutes in a 64–60 loss to [[Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball|Kansas State]] in the tournament.
 
==1966 NCAA Championship team==
{{main|1965–66 Texas Western Miners men's basketball team}}
 
The Texas Western Miners finished the 1965&ndash;66 regular season with a 23&ndash;1 record, entering the NCAA Tournament ranked third in the nation in the final regular season AP college basketball poll.<ref name="LATimes-death">{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-haskins8-2008sep08,0,2284797.story|title=Don Haskins, 78; basketball coach was first to win NCAA title with 5 black starters|last=Norwood|first=Robyn|date=2008-09-08|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2009-07-04}}</ref>
 
In the first round of the tournament, the Miners defeated [[Oklahoma City Stars men's basketball|Oklahoma City]] 89&ndash;74. In the next round, they defeated [[Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball|Cincinnati]] 78&ndash;76 in overtime. They went on to defeat [[Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball|Kansas]] in double overtime in the Midwest Regional Finals, 81&ndash;80, and to defeat [[Utah Utes men's basketball|Utah]] in the national semifinals, 85&ndash;78.<ref>[http://www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/mayhem/history/yearbyyear/1966 NCAA Basketball Tourney History – CBSSports.com<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070224184431/http://www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/mayhem/history/yearbyyear/1966 |date=February 24, 2007 }}</ref>
 
Facing the top-ranked [[1965–66 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team|University of Kentucky]] in the championship game, Haskins made history by starting five African American players for the first time in a championship game against Kentucky's all-white squad, coached by [[Adolph Rupp]]. The Miners took the lead midway in the first half and never relinquished it — though Kentucky closed to within a point early in the second half. The Miners finished with 72 points to Kentucky's 65, winning the tournament and finishing the year with a 28&ndash;1 record.<ref>[http://www.baseball-statistics.com/Greats/Century/basketball-coll.htm College basketball<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
 
Later asked about his decision to start five African American players, Haskins downplayed the significance of his decision. "I really didn't think about starting five black guys. I just wanted to put my five best guys on the court," Haskins was later quoted as saying. "I just wanted to win that game."<ref>[http://www.abqtrib.com/albq/sports/article/0,2564,ALBQ_19879_4382982,00.html Ex-Miners coach Don Haskins wasn't playing the hero during a racially charged 1966 championship, but Hollywood doesn't seem to mind : Sports : Albuquerque Tribune<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070403063757/http://www.abqtrib.com/albq/sports/article/0%2C2564%2CALBQ_19879_4382982%2C00.html |date=2007-04-03 }}</ref>
 
Though credited with advancing the desegregation of college basketball teams in the South, he wrote in his book, ''Glory Road'', "I certainly did not expect to be some racial pioneer or to change the world."
 
==Post-championship career==
Haskins was never able to duplicate his 1966 success. After winning the 1966 title, his Miners would only win seven more NCAA Tournament games and only survived the tournament's first weekend twice, in 1967 and 1992.
 
Nonetheless, he is regarded as an important figure in basketball history. Among the players he coached at UTEP over the years were future NBA all-stars [[Nate Archibald]], [[Tim Hardaway]], and [[Antonio Davis]]. Other UTEP alums moving to the NBA included [[Marlon Maxey]] and [[Greg Foster (basketball)|Greg Foster]]. He was also a mentor for several future coaches, including [[Nolan Richardson]] and [[Tim Floyd]]. He served as an assistant coach under Hank Iba in the [[1972 Summer Olympics]] in [[Munich]].
 
A street is named after him in El Paso's East side. In 1977, UTEP moved from Memorial Gym, home of the 1966 champions, to the larger Special Events Center. In 1998, before what would be Haskins' last season, it was renamed the [[Don Haskins Center]] in his honor, making Haskins one of the few coaches to have coached at a venue named for him.
 
[[Bob Knight]] was Haskins' fishing partner and one of his best friends. Another good friend, [[Norm Ellenberger]], was former coach of the [[New Mexico Lobos men's basketball|New Mexico Lobos]].
 
In 1997, he was inducted into the Oklahoma Sports hall of Fame.
 
==''Glory Road''==
{{Main|Glory Road (film)}}
''[[Glory Road (film)|Glory Road]]'', a [[Walt Disney Pictures]] film about the then-Texas Western 1966 championship season, was released on January 13, 2006. Haskins is portrayed in the film by actor [[Josh Lucas]]. On November 29, 2005, the City of El Paso renamed the street between its two basketball arenas "Glory Road." Adolph Rupp Jr. pointed out that his father had previously used the term "Glory Road" in his farewell speech to his fans and worried that his father would be villainized in the film. However, director Jim Gartner stated that Rupp Sr. would not be negatively portrayed in the film, claiming that [[Jon Voight]], who played Rupp, was careful in his role, seeking not to mischaracterize Rupp as a racist.<ref>Hunt, Darren. "Bluegrass Retort; Kentucky hopes film won't degrade coach, '66 team". ''El Paso Times'', page 4A. 28 November 2005.</ref>
 
Haskins stated his disappointment<ref>Hunt, Darren. "Film captures team's journey well; some history left out." ''El Paso Times''. page 4A. 29 November 2005.</ref> at the cutting of the movie scenes of his one-on-one games with his boyhood friend Herman Carr, who is African-American. Carr was present in El Paso as a guest for the premiere screening, November 28, 2005. These scenes would have depicted a formative influence on Haskins' game of basketball. Haskins appeared in the movie as an extra by playing a gas station attendant.
 
''Glory Road'' was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, and was based upon Haskins' official same-titled autobiography, written with [[Dan Wetzel]] and released by [[Hachette Books#Hyperion Books|Hyperion Books]] in 2005. A national best seller, it was reprinted five times in its first four months of release and was selected as an "Editor's Choice" by the [[New York Times Book Review]].
 
==Death==
Haskins died at his home on September 7, 2008. He was survived by his wife Mary, sons Brent, Steve, and David, and grandsons John Paul, Cameron, and Dominick. A fourth son, Mark, died in 1994. His son [[Steve Haskins|Steve]] is a [[professional golfer]] who began play on the [[Champions Tour]] after reaching the age of 50 and won two events on the [[Nationwide Tour]] during his regular career years. Haskins is buried at the Memory Gardens of the Valley in [[Santa Teresa, New Mexico]].
 
==Head coaching record==
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| name = [[UTEP Miners men's basketball|Texas Western Miners]]
| conference = [[Border Conference]]
| startyear = 1961
| endyear = 1962
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| championship =
| season = [[1961–62 NCAA University Division men's basketball season|1961–62]]
| name = Texas Western
| overall = 18–6
| conference = 5–3
| confstanding = 2nd
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = [[UTEP Miners men's basketball|Texas Western / UTEP Miners]]
| conference = NCAA University Division independent
| startyear = 1962
| endyear = 1969
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| championship =
| season = [[1962–63 NCAA University Division men's basketball season|1962–63]]
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| confstanding =
| postseason = [[1963 NCAA University Division basketball tournament|NCAA University Division First Round]]
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = [[1963–64 NCAA University Division men's basketball season|1963–64]]
| name = Texas Western
| overall = 25–3
| conference =
| confstanding =
| postseason = [[1964 NCAA University Division basketball tournament|NCAA University Division Second Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = [[1964–65 NCAA University Division men's basketball season|1964–65]]
| name = Texas Western
| overall = 16–9
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| confstanding =
| postseason = [[1965 National Invitation Tournament|NIT First Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = national
| season = [[1965–66 NCAA University Division men's basketball season|1965–66]]
| name = [[1965–66 Texas Western Miners men's basketball team|Texas Western]]
| overall = 28–1
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| confstanding =
| postseason = [[1966 NCAA University Division basketball tournament|NCAA University Division Champion]]
}}
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| championship =
| season = [[1966–67 NCAA University Division men's basketball season|1966–67]]
| name = Texas Western
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| confstanding =
| postseason = [[1967 NCAA University Division basketball tournament|NCAA University Division Second Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = [[1967–68 NCAA University Division men's basketball season|1967–68]]
| name = UTEP
| overall = 14–9
| conference =
| confstanding =
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = [[1968–69 NCAA University Division men's basketball season|1968–69]]
| name = UTEP
| overall = 16–9
| conference =
| confstanding =
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = [[UTEP Miners men's basketball|UTEP Miners]]
| conference = [[Western Athletic Conference]]
| startyear = 1969
| endyear = 1999
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = [[1969–70 NCAA University Division men's basketball season|1969–70]]
| name = UTEP
| overall = 17–8
| conference = 10–4
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = [[1970 NCAA University Division basketball tournament|NCAA University Division First Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = [[1970–71 NCAA University Division men's basketball season|1970–71]]
| name = UTEP
| overall = 15–10
| conference = 9–5
| confstanding = T–2nd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = [[1971–72 NCAA University Division men's basketball season|1971–72]]
| name = UTEP
| overall = 20–7
| conference = 9–5
| confstanding = T–2nd
| postseason = [[1972 National Invitation Tournament|NIT First Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = [[1972–73 NCAA University Division men's basketball season|1972–73]]
| name = UTEP
| overall = 16–10
| conference = 6–8
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = [[1973–74 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1973–74]]
| name = UTEP
| overall = 18–7
| conference = 8–6
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = [[1974–75 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1974–75]]
| name = UTEP
| overall = 20–6
| conference = 10–4
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = [[1975 NCAA Division I basketball tournament|NCAA Division I First Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = [[1975–76 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1975–76]]
| name = UTEP
| overall = 19–7
| conference = 9–5
| confstanding = T–2nd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = [[1976–77 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1976–77]]
| name = UTEP
| overall = 11–15
| conference = 3–11
| confstanding = 8th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = [[1977–78 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1977–78]]
| name = UTEP
| overall = 10–16
| conference = 2–12
| confstanding = 8th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = [[1978–79 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1978–79]]
| name = UTEP
| overall = 11–15
| conference = 3–9
| confstanding = T–5th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = [[1979–80 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1979–80]]
| name = UTEP
| overall = 20–8
| conference = 10–4
| confstanding = T–2nd
| postseason = [[1980 National Invitation Tournament|NIT Second Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = [[1980–81 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1980–81]]
| name = UTEP
| overall = 18–12
| conference = 9–7
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason = [[1981 National Invitation Tournament|NIT Second Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = [[1981–82 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1981–82]]
| name = UTEP
| overall = 20–8
| conference = 11–5
| confstanding = T–2nd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = [[1982–83 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1982–83]]
| name = UTEP
| overall = 19–10
| conference = 11–5
| confstanding = T–1st
| postseason = [[1983 National Invitation Tournament|NIT First Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = confboth
| season = [[1983–84 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1983–84]]
| name = [[1983–84 UTEP Miners men's basketball team|UTEP]]
| overall = 27–4
| conference = 13–3
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = [[1984 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I Second Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = [[1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1984–85]]
| name = [[1984–85 UTEP Miners men's basketball team|UTEP]]
| overall = 22–10
| conference = 12–4
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = [[1985 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I Second Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = confboth
| season = [[1985–86 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1985–86]]
| name = [[1985–86 UTEP Miners men's basketball team|UTEP]]
| overall = 27–6
| conference = 12–4
| confstanding = T–1st
| postseason = [[1986 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I First Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = [[1986–87 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1986–87]]
| name = [[1986–87 UTEP Miners men's basketball team|UTEP]]
| overall = 25–7
| conference = 13–3
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = [[1987 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I Second Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = [[1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1987–88]]
| name = [[1987–88 UTEP Miners men's basketball team|UTEP]]
| overall = 23–10
| conference = 10–6
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason = [[1988 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I First Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference tournament
| season = [[1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1988–89]]
| name = [[1988–89 UTEP Miners men's basketball team|UTEP]]
| overall = 26–7
| conference = 11–5
| confstanding = T–2nd
| postseason = [[1989 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I Second Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference tournament
| season = [[1989–90 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1989–90]]
| name = [[1989–90 UTEP Miners men's basketball team|UTEP]]
| overall = 21–11
| conference = 10–6
| confstanding = T–3rd
| postseason = [[1990 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I First Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = [[1990–91 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1990–91]]
| name = UTEP
| overall = 16–13
| conference = 7–9
| confstanding = T–5th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = [[1991–92 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1991–92]]
| name = [[1991–92 UTEP Miners men's basketball team|UTEP]]
| overall = 27–7
| conference = 12–4
| confstanding = T–1st
| postseason = [[1992 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I Sweet 16]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = [[1992–93 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1992–93]]
| name = UTEP
| overall = 21–13
| conference = 10–8
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason = [[1993 National Invitation Tournament|NIT Second Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = [[1993–94 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1993–94]]
| name = UTEP
| overall = 18–12
| conference = 8–10
| confstanding = T–5th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = [[1994–95 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1994–95]]
| name = UTEP
| overall = 20–10
| conference = 13–5
| confstanding = T–2nd
| postseason = [[1995 National Invitation Tournament|NIT Second Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = [[1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1995–96]]
| name = UTEP
| overall = 13–15
| conference = 4–14
| confstanding = 9th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = [[1996–97 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1996–97]]
| name = UTEP
| overall = 13–13
| conference = 6–10
| confstanding = T–6th <small>(Mountain)</small>
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = [[1997–98 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1997–98]]
| name = UTEP
| overall = 12–14
| conference = 3–11
| confstanding = 7th <small>(Mountain)</small>
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = [[1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1998–99]]
| name = UTEP
| overall = 16–12
| conference = 8–6
| confstanding = 4th <small>(Pacific)</small>
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = UTEP
| overall = 719–353
| confrecord = 567–201
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
| name = UTEP
| overall = 719–353
}}
 
==See also==
* [[List of college men's basketball coaches with 600 wins]]
* [[List of NCAA Division I Men's Final Four appearances by coach]]
* [[List of teachers portrayed in films]]
 
==Bibliography==
* Fitzpatrick, Frank. ''And the Walls Came Tumbling Down: The Basketball Game That Changed American Sports'' (2000)
*Haskins, Don with Dan Wetzel. ''Glory Road: My Story of the 1966 NCAA Basketball Championship and How One Team Triumphed Against the Odds and Changed America Forever''. New York:Hyperion, 2006. 254 pp. No index. {{ISBN|1-4013-0791-4}}.
* Sanchez, Ramon. ''Basketball's Biggest Upset: Texas Western Changed The Sport With A Win Over Kentucky In 1966'' (1991) [https://www.amazon.com/Basketballs-Biggest-Upset-Western-Kentucky/dp/0595378722/ excerpt]
 
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://gloryroad.utep.edu/bear/default.aspx UTEP profile]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101018202903/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/H/HA049.html Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture profile]
 
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