NEWS: UTEP expected to name Scotty Walden as next head coach

Sources tell Dave Campbell's Texas Football that UTEP is expected to hire Austin Peay head coach Scotty Walden to replace Dana Dimel as the leader of the Miners’ football program. He beat out a pack of candidates that included UNLV offensive coordinator Brennan Marion and Texas Tech offensive coordinator Zach Kittley. 

Walden, 34, went to high school in Cleburne, Texas and then played college ball at Dordt, Hardin-Simmons, and Sul Ross. He began his coaching career as the offensive coordinator at Sul Ross in 2012. He moved to East Texas Baptist as the offensive coordinator the next season and worked his way to head coach by 2016. He left after one season for the wide receiver job at Southern Miss in 2017, became the offensive coordinator there in 2019, and eventually the interim head coach in 2020.