On Nov. 22, the wishes of UTEP Athletics and their fans finally came true when new Athletic Director Jim Senter was announced to take over for Bob Stull.
Some weren’t happy at first since the frontrunner before Senter, Lisa Campos, ended up taking the job at UTSA over UTEP. Eventually everything worked out and what a blessing in disguise Senter has been so far for UTEP.
Coming into the job for UTEP, Senter had his work cut out for him. He took over one of the worst situations in all Division I sports.
Senter took over with a football team that had their first winless season in school history (0-12), former football coach Sean Kugler called it quits just five games into the season, UTEP men’s basketball also lost head coach Tim Floyd six games into the regular season, and fans all around were growing tired of disappointment after disappointment.