UTEP's basketball program dates to 1914, and the El Paso school holds one of the most important places in basketball history. Then known as Texas Western, the Miners won the 1966 NCAA Championship with an all-Black starting five, defeating Adolph Rupp's all-white Kentucky team in a game that changed college basketball forever.
The Miners name reflects El Paso's mining heritage and the school's original name, Texas School of Mines and Metallurgy.
Winning the 1966 NCAA Championship with an all-Black starting five under coach Don Haskins, defeating Kentucky in what is considered the most socially significant game in basketball history.
The 1966 championship game was later immortalized in the movie "Glory Road" — Don Haskins simply played his best players, but the game broke a major racial barrier in college basketball.
The UTEP Miners compete in the CUSA and hold an all-time record of 1445–1113 (.565 winning percentage) across 101 recorded seasons dating back to 1922-23. The program has won 1 NCAA national championship (1966) and reached 1 Final Four.
| Season | Record | Conference | Coach | AP peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 11-20 | 7-13 (CUSA) | Joe Golding | |
| 2024-25 | 18-15 | 7-11 (CUSA) | Joe Golding | |
| 2023-24 | 18-16 | 7-9 (CUSA) | Joe Golding | |
| 2022-23 | 14-18 | 7-13 (CUSA) | Joe Golding | |
| 2021-22 | 20-14 | 11-7 (CUSA) | Joe Golding | |
| 2020-21 | 12-12 | 8-8 (CUSA) | Rodney Terry | |
| 2019-20 | 17-15 | 8-10 (CUSA) | Rodney Terry | |
| 2018-19 | 8-21 | 3-15 (CUSA) | Rodney Terry | |
| 2017-18 | 11-20 | 6-12 (CUSA) | Phil Johnson,Tim Floyd | |
| 2016-17 | 15-17 | 12-6 (CUSA) | Tim Floyd | |
| 2015-16 | 19-14 | 10-8 (CUSA) | Tim Floyd | |
| 2014-15 | 22-11 | 13-5 (CUSA) | Tim Floyd | |
| 2013-14 | 23-11 | 12-4 (CUSA) | Tim Floyd | |
| 2012-13 | 18-14 | 10-6 (CUSA) | Tim Floyd | |
| 2011-12 | 15-17 | 7-9 (CUSA) | Tim Floyd | |
| 2010-11 | 25-10 | 11-5 (CUSA) | Tim Floyd | |
| 2009-10 | 26-7 | 15-1 (CUSA) | Tony Barbee | AP #24 |
| 2008-09 | 23-14 | 10-6 (CUSA) | Tony Barbee | |
| 2007-08 | 19-14 | 8-8 (CUSA) | Tony Barbee | |
| 2006-07 | 14-17 | 6-10 (CUSA) | Tony Barbee | |
| 2005-06 | 21-10 | 11-3 (CUSA) | Doc Sadler | |
| 2004-05 | 27-8 | 14-4 (WAC) | Doc Sadler | |
| 2003-04 | 24-8 | 13-5 (WAC) | Billy Gillispie | |
| 2002-03 | 6-24 | 3-15 (WAC) | Billy Gillispie | |
| 2001-02 | 10-22 | 3-15 (WAC) | Jason Rabedeaux | |
| 2000-01 | 23-9 | 10-6 (WAC) | Jason Rabedeaux | |
| 1999-00 | 13-15 | 4-10 (WAC) | Jason Rabedeaux | |
| 1998-99 | 16-12 | 8-6 (WAC) | Don Haskins | |
| 1997-98 | 12-14 | 3-11 (WAC) | Don Haskins | |
| 1996-97 | 13-13 | 6-10 (WAC) | Don Haskins | |
| 1995-96 | 13-15 | 4-14 (WAC) | Don Haskins | |
| 1994-95 | 20-10 | 13-5 (WAC) | Don Haskins | |
| 1993-94 | 18-12 | 8-10 (WAC) | Don Haskins | |
| 1992-93 | 21-13 | 10-8 (WAC) | Don Haskins | |
| 1991-92 | 27-7 | 12-4 (WAC) | Don Haskins | AP #19 |
| 1990-91 | 16-13 | 7-9 (WAC) | Don Haskins | AP #25 |
| 1989-90 | 21-11 | 10-6 (WAC) | Don Haskins | |
| 1988-89 | 26-7 | 11-5 (WAC) | Don Haskins | |
| 1987-88 | 23-10 | 10-6 (WAC) | Don Haskins | AP #18 |
| 1986-87 | 25-7 | 13-3 (WAC) | Don Haskins | |
| 1985-86 | 27-6 | 12-4 (WAC) | Don Haskins | AP #15 |
| 1984-85 | 22-10 | 12-4 (WAC) | Don Haskins | |
| 1983-84 | 27-4 | 13-3 (WAC) | Don Haskins | AP #5 |
| 1982-83 | 19-10 | 11-5 (WAC) | Don Haskins | |
| 1981-82 | 20-8 | 11-5 (WAC) | Don Haskins | |
| 1980-81 | 18-12 | 9-7 (WAC) | Don Haskins | |
| 1979-80 | 20-8 | 10-4 (WAC) | Don Haskins | |
| 1978-79 | 11-15 | 3-9 (WAC) | Don Haskins | |
| 1977-78 | 10-16 | 2-12 (WAC) | Don Haskins | |
| 1976-77 | 11-15 | 3-11 (WAC) | Don Haskins | |
| 1975-76 | 19-7 | 9-5 (WAC) | Don Haskins | |
| 1974-75 | 20-6 | 10-4 (WAC) | Don Haskins | AP #15 |
| 1973-74 | 18-7 | 8-6 (WAC) | Don Haskins | AP #18 |
| 1972-73 | 16-10 | 6-8 (WAC) | Don Haskins | |
| 1971-72 | 20-7 | 9-5 (WAC) | Don Haskins | |
| 1970-71 | 15-10 | 9-5 (WAC) | Don Haskins | |
| 1969-70 | 17-8 | 10-4 (WAC) | Don Haskins | |
| 1968-69 | 16-9 | Ind | Don Haskins | |
| 1967-68 | 14-9 | Ind | Don Haskins | |
| 1966-67 | 22-6 | Ind | Don Haskins | AP #2 |
| 1965-66 | 28-1 | Ind | Don Haskins | AP #2 |
| 1964-65 | 16-9 | Ind | Don Haskins | |
| 1963-64 | 25-3 | Ind | Don Haskins | |
| 1962-63 | 19-7 | Ind | Don Haskins | |
| 1961-62 | 18-6 | 5-3 (BIAA) | Don Haskins | |
| 1960-61 | 12-12 | 4-6 (BIAA) | Harold Davis | |
| 1959-60 | 6-19 | 1-9 (BIAA) | Harold Davis | |
| 1958-59 | 14-9 | 7-3 (BIAA) | George McCarty | |
| 1957-58 | 14-9 | 5-5 (BIAA) | George McCarty | |
| 1956-57 | 14-8 | 8-2 (BIAA) | George McCarty | |
| 1955-56 | 12-10 | 7-5 (BIAA) | George McCarty | |
| 1954-55 | 13-8 | 8-4 (BIAA) | George McCarty | |
| 1953-54 | 8-14 | 4-8 (BIAA) | George McCarty | |
| 1952-53 | 4-21 | 3-11 (BIAA) | Dale Waters | |
| 1951-52 | 8-17 | 5-9 (BIAA) | Dale Waters | |
| 1950-51 | 10-15 | 4-12 (BIAA) | Dale Waters | |
| 1949-50 | 15-12 | BIAA | Ross Moore | |
| 1948-49 | 9-12 | 7-9 (BIAA) | Dale Waters | |
| 1947-48 | 13-16 | 6-10 (BIAA) | Ross Moore | |
| 1946-47 | 12-8 | 9-7 (BIAA) | Dale Waters | |
| 1945-46 | 4-11 | 4-7 (BIAA) | Dale Waters | |
| 1944-45 | 10-13 | 4-11 (BIAA) | Charles Finley | |
| 1942-43 | 11-6 | 4-4 (BIAA) | Marshall Pennington | |
| 1941-42 | 11-11 | 7-9 (BIAA) | Marshall Pennington | |
| 1940-41 | 14-9 | Ind | Marshall Pennington | |
| 1939-40 | 15-11 | 10-6 (BIAA) | Marshall Pennington | |
| 1938-39 | 6-13 | 6-12 (BIAA) | Marshall Pennington | |
| 1937-38 | 4-17 | 3-11 (BIAA) | Marshall Pennington | |
| 1936-37 | 2-16 | 0-10 (BIAA) | Marshall Pennington | |
| 1935-36 | 0-12 | 0-8 (BIAA) | J.B. Andrews | |
| 1933-34 | 3-16 | Ind | Mack Saxon | |
| 1932-33 | 1-9 | Ind | Mack Saxon | |
| 1931-32 | 6-7 | Ind | Mack Saxon | |
| 1930-31 | 7-9 | Ind | Mack Saxon | |
| 1929-30 | 13-6 | Ind | Mack Saxon | |
| 1928-29 | 4-14 | Ind | Mack Saxon | |
| 1927-28 | 6-8 | Ind | Doc Stewart | |
| 1925-26 | 3-5 | Ind | George Powell | |
| 1924-25 | 3-8 | Ind | George Powell | |
| 1923-24 | 3-10 | Ind | Jack Vowell | |
| 1922-23 | 1-6 | Ind | Tommy Dwyer |
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| Rank | Team | Conference | All-Time Wins |
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Top 100 by all-time D1 wins. Verified against the NCAA record book — and tiered so you can argue properly.
| # | COACH | RECORD | WIN % | SCHOOL(S) | YEARS | BEST SEASON / LEGACY |
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