A Stepping Stone to the Power Five (or a Long-Term Home) – The last two Lobo head coaches—Richard Pitino and Steve Alford—parlayed their success at UNM into Power Five jobs. But for the right coach, ...

Olen has announced the hiring of three assistant coaches to his staff. Tom Tankelewicz, Sam Stapleton and Mikey Howell have ...

The Lobo men’s basketball program has its next head coach. New Mexico has agreed to terms with Eric Olen. The 44 year-old ...

Dent returns back to his home state after a breakout season with the Lobos where he earned Player of the Year honors in the ...

The New Mexico men’s basketball team has found a replacement for departed head coach Richard Pitino.  According to ESPN’s ...

The New Mexico Lobos did not wait long to name a new men’s basketball head coach, hiring UC San Diego’s Eric Olen to take over the program Sunday morning. Olen spent 12 years as the head coach ...

Eric Olen, longtime coach at the University of California San Diego and one of college basketball’s rising coaching stars, on ...

Richard Pitino, the son of St. John's head coach Rick Pitino, led New Mexico to the round of 32 in the NCAA Tournament, ...

New Mexico picks Eric Olen of UC San Diego as its new coach, a hire which will be widely praised in the industry.

Coach Olsen praised former coach Richard Pitino in his introductory news conference, acknowledging the foundation for success ...

Multiple sources said Dent agreed to a $2 million payment up front and an additional $1 million to be paid during the 2025-26 season.

Eric Olen has been hired as the new men's basketball coach at New Mexico, leaving UC San Diego after five seasons. He takes ...