Joe Golding

EL PASO, Texas - Bryen Spriggs (former chief of staff) has been promoted to an assistant coach while Austin Cox (chief of staff), Brandon Decker (strength and conditioning coach) and Rian Stubbs (special assistant to the head coach) are joining the UTEP men’s basketball program, head coach Joe Golding announced Wednesday.

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Life as a mid-major in college basketball has its challenges, especially after having success. Sources telling KTSM 9 News’ Colin Deaver that SMU’s search firm has circled UTEP’s Joe Golding as a potential candidate for their men’s basketball head coaching vacancy. Per sources, Golding has not yet been contacted by […]

EL PASO, Texas -- In his first year at the helm of the UTEP miners, Joe Golding hasn't disappointed. The Miners are playing post-season basketball for the first time since 2015 and they're one of just two CUSA teams still playing. They've also notched 20 wins on the season and...

When the Miners lost in the final game of their three-game road swing in five days to Middle Tennessee (77-59) on Monday night, Voice of the Miners Jon Teicher asked head coach Joe Golding simply, "If I were to tell you that the Miners would be 16-11 at this point, what would you say?"

EL PASO, Texas - Joe Golding has been UTEP's head men's basketball coach for about nine months now but if you ask the 46-year-old West Texas native, it feels like longer. "It feels a lot more like three years," laughs Golding. Just less than one year ago, Golding's life turned...

Earlier this week, UTEP athletics unveiled plans for a "super bowl" discount on tickets as the Miners men's basketball team hosts Marshall on Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. The special allows fans to buy a four-pack of tickets for just $30 in select areas at the Haskins Center. On Wednesday...

EL PASO, Texas - UTEP Head Coach Joe Golding has always said that his first year is about establishing a culture within his program, while preaching patience with wins. With how the last two weeks have gone for the Miners, it appears both could be coming to fruition. The Miners...

EL PASO, Texas - ABC-7 spoke with UTEP head basketball coach Joe Golding as the team prepares for another round of conference games this week. The Miners will welcome two opponents from the Sunshine State to the Don Haskins Center. Florida Atlantic will take on the Miners Thursday at 7:00...

Jim Forbes, one of El Paso’s greatest basketball ambassadors, died Friday morning after a several-week stay in an El Paso hospital due to health issues. "He was a mentor, a father-type figure," former assistant coach Rodney Lewis said. "He believed in me in basketball and in life. He had a great impact on people's lives and he enjoyed helping others. I got to know all of Jim Forbes in terms of basketball and life. He was always teaching and I learned so much from him."

EL PASO, Texas - The UTEP Miners will continue Conference USA play this week as they prepare for a home-and-home series against UT-San Antonio. When you look at the records for both teams, this should be a matchup that favors the Miners. UTEP enters the series with an overall record...

EL PASO, Texas - It's no question that UTEP is fighting for head coach Joe Golding to begin his first year in charge. But his team will need to fight even harder over their upcoming two-game C-USA homestand with key contributors missing out. The Miners (7-6, 0-1) are set to...

Nine games into the season, we have started to learn a little more about the UTEP men's basketball team. First, we know that the bulk of their scoring will come from their guards. The Miners have plenty of depth at that position and newcomers like Jamari Sibley and Jorell Saterfield have both had some nice offensive moments.

EL PASO, Texas - The UTEP men’s basketball team (4-2) will shoot for its second straight win when it plays host to NM State (5-2) in round two of the “Battle of I-10” at 6 p.m. MT Friday. The Aggies held off a late rally by the Miners for a...

EL PASO, Texas - UTEP Head Coach Joe Golding has scored his first road win, a 73-64 victory over Pacific last friday night. Golding celebrated in the locker room dancing with his team, but the party was short-lived as the Miners turn around to host a stingy UC Riverside club on Monday night.

EL PASO, Texas - New UTEP Head Men's basketball coach Joe Golding lost his I-10 rivalry debut against a more-experienced New Mexico State team on Saturday night. But it was how Golding's team fought in the final three minutes that showed him the early progress his program is making. "I...

EL PASO, Texas - Jamal Bieniemy poured in 23 points (one shy of career high), including a career-high tying five 3-pointers, and UTEP played with plenty of energy in a season-opening 85-57 vanquishing of Division II Western New Mexico in front of 6,751 fans at the Don Haskins Center Tuesday evening.

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – A new college basketball season is set to tip-off on Tuesday across the country, and with it comes a new era of UTEP basketball. Joe Golding, who took over the program in April, is set to embark on his first season as the head coach of the Miners. KTSM 9 […]

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The start of the college basketball season in under a month away, and while the focus is deservedly on UTEP’s 5-1 football team, it’s never too early to start talking Miners basketball. The Joe Golding era at UTEP will begin on Nov. 9 against Western New Mexico at the Don […]

There were no surprises on the “first official day of practice” for the UTEP men’s basketball team Tuesday, they’ve been working out under first-year coach Joe Golding for four months. The Miners knew long before Wednesday they were getting a fireball of energy. Golding talks about outworking other teams and...