List of University of Texas at El Paso people
This list of UTEP people includes graduates, non-graduate former students, and current students of University of Texas at El Paso and its graduate programs.
Coaches
[edit]- Keitha Adams (born 1967), basketball coach.[1]
- Don Haskins (1930-2008), basketball coach.
- Sandra Rushing, basketball coach.[2]
Faculty
[edit]- Renato Aguilera, professor of biological sciences[3]
- Zuill Bailey, professor of cello, professional cellist[4]
- Steven Best, professor of philosophy and co-founder of the North American Animal Liberation Press Office[5]
- Andy Cohen, Major League Baseball second baseman who coached university team for 17 years
- Jorge Gardea-Torresdey, chemistry professor and nanoparticle researcher
- Laurie Ann Guerrero, writer and Texas Poet Laureate
- John Haddox, philosopher and Latin-Americanist
- Anna Jaquez, art professor
- Jorge López, physics professor and educator
- Urbici Soler y Manonelles, Spanish sculptor
- Diana Natalicio (born 1939), first woman to serve as president of UTEP.[6][7]
- Denis O'Hearn, professor of sociology and anthropology.
- Benjamin Alire Sáenz, writer
- Ellwyn R. Stoddard, Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Anthropology
- Myra Carroll Winkler (1880-1963), second woman to serve as faculty at UTEP.[8][9]
Alumni
[edit]- F. Murray Abraham – Academy Award Best Actor winner, Amadeus
- Nate Archibald – NBA Hall of Famer, chosen as one of the Top 50 Greatest NBA Players
- Bob Beamon – Olympic gold medalist, world record holder in track and field
- Fred Carr - Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame linebacker
- Sam Donaldson – ABC News veteran and former White House Chief Correspondent
- Jon Dorenbos – Buffalo Bills, Philadelphia Eagles former long snapper
- Eleanor Lyon Duke – biology professor
- Dave Feitl – former NBA player
- Tevita Fifita – professional wrestler
- Greg Foster – former NBA player and one time NBA champion with the Los Angeles Lakers
- Hector Guerrero – professional wrestler, performed on WWF and NWA
- Vickie Guerrero – General Manager of WWE Smackdown
- Jack Handey – American humorist, Saturday Night Live
- Wayne Hansen – former NFL player
- Tim Hardaway – NBA All-Star, 2000 Summer Olympics gold medalist
- Idris Haron – Chief Minister of Malacca, Malaysia
- William D. Hawkins – U.S. Marine awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously during World War II
- Kjell Ove Hauge - Norwegian former track-athlete, since Head master at Kuben Upper Secondary School
- J. P. Hayes – professional golfer
- Johnnie Lee Higgins – National Football League wide receiver and return specialist, Conference USA Special Teams Player of the Year in 2006.
- Ed Hochuli – National Football League referee; officiated Super Bowls XXXII and XXXVIII
- Thomas Howard – former NFL linebacker
- Chuck Hughes - NFL receiver; passed away after suffering heart attack during 1971 game while playing for the Detroit Lions vs. the Chicago Bears
- Suzanna Hupp – former Republican state representative and gun rights advocate
- Chris Jacke – BBA 1989, All-American place kicker, Super Bowl champion with Green Bay Packers
- Shoshana Johnson – U.S. Army Specialist, former Iraq POW
- Aaron Jones – Minnesota Vikings running back
- Seth Joyner – 1991 NFL Defensive Player of the Year by Sports Illustrated, one-time Super Bowl champion
- Ginger Kerrick – American physicist and first Hispanic female NASA Flight Director at NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
- Mia Khalifa – former pornographic actress, social media personality, webcam model
- Mike Maddux – former Major League Baseball pitcher
- Yossi Maiman – Israeli businessman[10]
- Karla Martinez – host of popular morning show Despierta America
- Don Maynard – Pro Football Hall of Fame
- McKenzie Moore - player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Paul Moreno – former Texas Democratic State Representative, longest serving Mexican American elected official in the United States
- Halakilangi Muagututia – American football player
- Brian Natkin – former NFL tight end and unanimous college All-American
- Blessing Okagbare – Olympic and world medalist in the long jump
- John D. Olivas – first UTEP alumnus to be selected as an astronaut by NASA, member of Space Shuttle Mission STS-117 crew aboard the Atlantis
- Bob O'Rear – one of the earliest employees of Microsoft
- Claudia Ordaz Perez – member of the Texas House of Representatives (2021-Present)
- Estela Portillo-Trambley – poet
- John Rayborn – gridiron football player
- Nolan Richardson – former NCAA champion collegiate men's basketball head coach at the University of Arkansas
- Rubén Salazar – Mexican-American journalist
- Paul Smith – former NFL player
- W. E. "Pete" Snelson – journalist, businessman, and member of both houses of the Texas State Legislature from Midland, later worked in Austin as an educational consultant
- Charles A. Steen – geologist whose Mi Vida Mine discovery started the American Uranium Boom of the 1950s
- Billy Stevens – former Green Bay Packers quarterback
- Obadele Thompson – former 100 meters world record holder
- Kayla Thornton – forward for the Dallas Wings
- Tony Tolbert – three-time world champion with the Dallas Cowboys
- Susana Martinez – incumbent governor of New Mexico
- Riley Matheson – former NFL player
- Bob Wallace – former Chicago Bears tight end
- Marvin Washington – former NFL player
- Charlie West – former NFL player
- Jesse Whittenton – former NFL player
- Robert Windham – professional wrestler, performing as Blackjack Mulligan, and patriarch of a prominent wrestling family.
- Richard Crawford White – politician, served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1955 to 1959 and in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1965 to 1983.
- Jesse Whittenton – Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame
- Barron Wortham – former NFL player
- Brian Young – former NFL player
- Asnage Castelly, Olympic wrestler
References
[edit]- ^ "Keitha Adams". UTEP Athletics. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
- ^ Henry, Don (10 May 1990). "New UTEP Coach Says Being Woman Is Big Plus". El Paso Times. Retrieved 13 July 2019 – via Newspapers.com. and "Coach". El Paso Times. 10 May 1990. p. 5C. Retrieved 13 July 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Renato Aguilera - Expertise Connector". Retrieved 2022-12-28.
- ^ "Zuill Bailey, M.M." University of Texas at El Paso. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ^ "CV" (PDF). drstevebest.org. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ^ MENTOR. ADVOCATE. PRESIDENT.
- ^ Meeting No. 831 THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
- ^ Rodriguez, Christina; Vierra, P.J. (Summer 2017). "The XX Factor: A Century of Women at UTEP". UTEP Magazine.
- ^ "Miss Winkler To Teach at Mines School". El Paso Herald. 1922-09-09. p. 3. Retrieved 2019-12-02 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Company Overview of Merhav MNF Ltd.: Yosef A. Maiman". Bloomberg. Retrieved October 21, 2016.