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Don Haskins

Donald Lee Haskins March 14, 1930 – September 7, 2008 nicknamed "The Bear" March 14, 1930 – September 7, 2008

played for 3 years under legendary coach Henry Iba at Oklahoma A&M (now Oklahoma State University)

After college, Haskins played briefly with the A. A. U After college, Haskins played briefly with the A.A.U. Artesia Travelers Haskins then entered coaching, successfully leading some small-town high school basketball teams to championships.

1961: Haskins takes a pay cut for a chance to be a college coach, accepting a job offer at Texas Western College (now the University of Texas at El Paso)

In the 1950s, prior to Haskins' arrival, Texas Western recruited and played African American players, in a time when it was still common to find all-white college sports teams, particularly in the South.

When Haskins arrived in El Paso, he inherited 3 black players from his coaching predecessor one of those players, El Paso native Nolan Richardson, would go on to win a national title as the head coach at Arkansas

The Miners reached the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) in 1963 and 1964 and played in the NIT in 1965.

He was the head coach at Texas Western College (renamed the University of Texas at El Paso in 1967) from 1961 to 1999

at Texas Western (and UTEP), he compiled a 719–353 record, suffering only 5 losing seasons won 14 Western Athletic Conference championships 4 WAC tournament titles

14 NCAA tournament berths 7 trips to the NIT Haskins led UTEP to 17 20-plus win seasons served as an assistant Olympic team coach in 1972 in Munich, Germany

He was enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1997 as a basketball coach.

The 1966 Texas Western team was nominated in its entirety to the Basketball Hall of Fame, and was inducted to the Hall on September 7, 2007.

Don Haskins died at his home on September 7, 2008.

Among the players he coached at UTEP over the years were future NBA all-stars Nate “Tiny” Archibald, Tim Hardaway, and Antonio Davis.

The arena he coached in is now known as "The Don Haskins Center". A street is named after him in El Paso, Texas’ East side.

Texas Western University

Located on the northern bank of the Rio Grande in El Paso, Texas

The school was founded in 1914 as The Texas State School of Mines and Metallurgy

In the mid-1950s, Texas Western College became first southern college to integrate its intercollegiate athletic teams.

By 1967, the Board of Regents authorized that the name of the college be changed from Texas Western College to UTEP (University Texas- El Paso)

UTEP is the largest university in the nation with a majority Mexican-American student population. “Paydirt Pete”

Currently there are some 19,842 students enrolled at UTEP. About 73 percent of UTEP's student population is Hispanic.

UTEP 2006-2010 TONY BARBEE HEAD COACH Barbee is the first black head coach at UTEP, a school credited with helping break down the color barrier in college sports.

1966 N.C.A.A. Tournament

EAST 1966 NCAA WEST Duke Utah St. Josephs (76-74) (83-51) Pacific   Championship St. Josephs (76-74) (83-51) Pacific Providence (65-48) Davidson (91-81) TX Western (70-64) Houston National Champions Rhode Island (95-65) (82-76) Colorado St. Syracuse Oregon St. (94-78) (63-60) Kentucky (72-65) Kansas Dayton (86-79) (76-70) S.M.U. Miami-OH (58-51) Western KY (84-77) (81-80) Loyola-IL (105-86) (89-74) Oklahoma City Michigan (80-79) (78-76) Cincinnati MIDEAST MIDWEST

FG FT RB F PTS MINERS Bobby Joe Hill 7-17 6-9 3 20 David Lattin 5-10 6-6 9 4 16 Orsten Harris 5-13 5-5 8 1 15 Willie Worsley 2-4 4-6 Willie Cager 1-3 6-7 6 Nevill Shed 1-1 Harry Flournoy 0-0 2 TOTALS 22-49 28-34 35 12 72

The Texas Western Miners finished the 1965–66 regular season with a 23–1 record They enter NCAA Tournament ranked 3rd in the nation in the final regular season AP college basketball poll.

In the 1st round of the tournament, the Miners defeated Oklahoma City 89–74.

In the next round, they defeated Cincinnati 78–76 in overtime.

They went on to defeat Kansas in double overtime in the Midwest Regional Finals, 81–80

Texas Western defeated Utah in the national semifinals, 85–78.

Facing the #1 ranked University of Kentucky in the championship game, Haskins made history by starting FIVE African American players for the first time ever in a championship game

University of Kentucky had an all-white basketball team coached by Adolph Rupp.

The Miners took the lead midway in the 1st half and never relinquished it — though Kentucky closed to within a point early in the 2nd half.

The Miners finished with 72 points to Kentucky’s 65, winning the tournament and finishing the year with a 28–1 record.

"I really didn't think about starting five black guys "I really didn't think about starting five black guys. I just wanted to put my five best guys on the court. I just wanted to win that game.“ - Don Haskins

“I've said this many times over the last 40 years, but for a long time I thought winning the national championship was the worst thing ever to happen to me. I wished for a long time that we had never won that game with Kentucky because life would have been a heck of a lot easier for me, my school and my players.” - Don Haskins

2011-2012 Kentucky Wildcats

2011-2012 UTEP Miners 15 wins – 17 losses 8th in Conference USA