Potential UTEP head coach candidates following Dana Dimel's departure

UTEP football is back on the hunt for a head football coach for the first time since 2017 following the firing of Dana Dimel, who was 20-49 overall and 10-34 in conference play during his near six full seasons in El Paso. Dimel took over a program that was winless in 2017 and possibly the worst team in America. He left the Miners better than he found them, but that isn’t always enough in major college football. 

The work turns to finding a replacement that can lead UTEP into consistent contention. The Miners have only posted two-straight winning records and consecutives bowl appearances once since the 1970s. They’ve only gone bowling five times this century.