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4 unusual facts about University of Texas at El Paso


Dustin Bell

After high school, Bell originally signed with University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) on a football scholarship, but would end up attending Bakersfield Junior College, where he continued his football career.

Fanwood, New Jersey

Derrick Caracter (born 1988), played power forward/center formerly for the Louisville Cardinals basketball team, then the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) Miners basketball team, current member of NBA's Los Angeles Lakers.

Harry Flournoy

He played college ball for Texas Western College, later called the University of Texas at El Paso, or UTEP; he made history when his team won an NCAA Division I National Championship with the first ever all African-American starting lineup under Hall of Fame coach Don Haskins in 1966.

Ola Kimrin

Kimrin received a scholarship at the University of Texas at El Paso in 1996 and played three seasons for the Miners.


Benjamin High School

He was the men's basketball head coach at Texas Western College (renamed the University of Texas at El Paso in 1967) from 1961 to 1999, including the 1966 season when his team won the NCAA Tournament.

Billy Alton

He served as interim head coach at the University of Texas at El Paso following the firing of Bill Michael two games into the 1981 season.

Hal Mumme

Mumme was an assistant coach (quarterbacks and receivers) under Bill Yung at West Texas State University in 1980 and 1981, offensive coordinator also under Yung at UTEP from 1982 through 1985, and head coach at Copperas Cove High School from 1986 through 1988.

Hedley High School

He became the men's basketball head coach at Texas Western College (renamed the University of Texas at El Paso in 1967) from 1961 to 1999, including the 1966 season when his team won the NCAA Tournament.

Suleiman Nyambui

He taught school at Bukumbi (20 miles from Mwanza City) before moving to the United States to study for his Bachelor's and Master's degrees at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP).

Thin-slicing

Albrechsten, Meissner and Susa of the University of Texas at El Paso conducted two separate studies of processing style (intuitive vs. deliberative processing) in a deception detection task.


see also

Paydirt

Paydirt Pete, the mascot of the University of Texas at El Paso