In a sudden turn of events, UTEP accepted Mountain West Conference’s invitation to join, a conference realignment that will impact UTEP athletics for years to come. On Oct. 1, the university announced they will be exiting Conference USA (C-USA), one they had been a part of for nearly 20 years.
Before C-USA, UTEP had been a part of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) from 1968 to 2004. And for 20 years, C-USA had been UTEP’s home conference, seeing the football eras of head coach Mike Price, Sean Kugler, Dana Dimel and Scotty Walden.