The Hilltoppers host the UTEP Miners in their next game on Thursday, October 10. According to the school’s announcement Thursday, the school’s iconic mascot, Big Red, will adorn the ...

The TWC-New Mexico State University contest at 8 p.m. Saturday in the Sun Bowl will mark the return of the Miners’ burro mascot and TNT O’Kelly” – irascible old prospector whose identity ...

That’s how UTEP’s athletic moniker became the Miners and its mascot a miner named Paydirt Pete carrying the school's signature pickax. UTEP stopped the mining degree program in 1964 ...

started popping up all around town—on lawyers’ desks and the lawns of UTEP graduates and fans of its sports teams, the Miners—and are now his signature item. Stockmeyer learned how to build ...

Fans have the opportunity to submit a jersey design for the UTEP men's and women's basketball teams; winner gets $1,250.