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On the day before their first padded practice was set to take place, UTEP Director of Athletics Jim Senter and head coach Dana Dimel announced the postponement of fall camp due to four players testing positive for COVID-19.

UTEP head coach Dana Dimel joined SportsTalk on Tuesday for the first part of what will be a two-week series previewing the football team, evaluating position by position. First up: the running backs.

Phil Steele's preseason All-Conference USA list featured three UTEP representatives, as announced by the 2020 magazine on Monday.

Gauging the pulse of the UTEP football fan base, the excitement has hit a brick wall and frustrations continue to rise. Can you blame them, though? This is the same program that has only seven winning seasons since their last bowl victory in 1967.

UTEP football is gearing up for the upcoming season as head coach Dana Dimel enters year three of his tenure. While the program is committed to a five-year rebuild, year three comes with uncertainty. Time to take a look at the 2020 season.

The UTEP football wide receiver corp was shaken up by another big departure, with the news surfacing that Arizona graduate transfer Devaughn Cooper has entered the transfer portal, as reported by Rivals Portal on Friday.

Former UTEP quarterback Kai Locksley earned an NFL mini-camp invite to the Houston Texans, he announced on social media Thursday.

UTEP Director of Athletics Jim Senter announced the cancellation of the remaining spring football practices and the 2020 UTEP football spring game.

Under the new concept, the NCAA transfer waiver working group would allow Division I athletes to transfer once without sitting out a year of competition. See how this would impact UTEP athletics.

In some UTEP football offseason news, a pair of coaches have left the program and accepted similar jobs at other colleges.

The Miners got away with a slim 36-34 season-opening win against Houston Baptist and start the year with a 1-0 record after their first home win in 1,008 days.

Despite trailing 28-20 midway into the third quarter, the Miners outscored the Houston Baptist Huskies 16-6 to close the game with a slight 36-34 win at the Sun Bowl.