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UTEP Coach Mike Price to Return For 2012 Season

Price is the nation's sixth-winningest active head coach with 174 victories and is one of only two coaches to lead the Miners to three bowl games.

Dec. 1, 2011

UTEP Director of Athletics Bob Stull announced on Thursday that coach Mike Price will return for the 2012 season - his ninth year at the helm of the Miner football program.

One of only two coaches to lead the Miners to three bowl games, Price is the nation's sixth-winningest active head coach with 174 victories. With 45 wins at UTEP, Price is one victory away from tying Mike Brumbelow (1950-56) for the second-most in school history.

In 97 games under Price's direction, the Miners have averaged 30.4 points and 397.8 yards of offense. UTEP has had more 30-point (53), 40-point (23) and 50-point (six) games under Price than any other coach in UTEP history.

The Price era has produced UTEP's all-time leader for passing yards (Trevor Vittatoe), total offense (Vittatoe), receiving yards (Johnnie Lee Higgins, Jr.), all-purpose yards (Howard Jackson) and the single-season rushing champion (Donald Buckram). The Price era has produced seven of the top-10 single season total offense totals in school history, five of the top-10 passing yardage averages and seven of the top-10 point totals.

In 31 seasons prior to Price's arrival (1973-2003), the Miners averaged 2.6 wins per year with four years of five or more victories. UTEP has averaged 5.6 wins under Price with six years of five or more victories.

The Miners return 11 starters, including seven on offense, for the 2012 campaign.

UTEP needs to move campus out of El Paso to be competitive

Or maybe hire Marty Robbins as recruiting coordinator?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgI5DMVegIk

They might play better if they kept the players out of Rosa's cantina.

GO PONIES!!!

Price is to UTEP as June is to SMU.

3 bowl games?

PonyPlayer4 wrote:Price is to UTEP as June is to SMU.

Both resurrected terrible programs rather quickly, it remains to be seen whether June can do here what Price has failed to do at UTEP and get us to the next level. Considering what the CoC is paying June it's doubtful 6 straight losing seasons would be tolerated.

sbsmith wrote:

PonyPlayer4 wrote:Price is to UTEP as June is to SMU.

Both resurrected terrible programs rather quickly, it remains to be seen whether June can do here what Price has failed to do at UTEP and get us to the next level. Considering what the CoC is paying June it's doubtful 6 straight losing seasons would be tolerated.

well, we are at least 6 seasons away from finding that out.

Dutch wrote:

sbsmith wrote:

PonyPlayer4 wrote:Price is to UTEP as June is to SMU.

Both resurrected terrible programs rather quickly, it remains to be seen whether June can do here what Price has failed to do at UTEP and get us to the next level. Considering what the CoC is paying June it's doubtful 6 straight losing seasons would be tolerated.

well, we are at least 6 seasons away from finding that out.

Think we'll get 6 more seasons out of him?

A couple more at least. Unlike Price, JJ is taking us forward

sbsmith wrote:
Think we'll get 6 more seasons out of him?

your comment was june wouldn't get 6 straight losing seasons. he's had 1. his first. with HORRIBLE effort from a bunch of losers.

Dutch wrote:

sbsmith wrote:
Think we'll get 6 more seasons out of him?

your comment was june wouldn't get 6 straight losing seasons. he's had 1. his first. with HORRIBLE effort from a bunch of losers.

YOU'RE MISSING THE POINT DUTCH.

which is??

THEY BOTH RESURRECTED TERRIBLE PROGRAMS RATHER QUICKLY, BUT CAN JUNE DO WHAT PRICE FAILED TO DO CONSIDERING COC IS UNLIKELY TO PAY FOR 6 STRAIGHT LOSING SEASONS.

oh, shove it.