UTEP football prepping ready for mid-June return

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The UTEP athletics department has been planning for months for a safe return from the coronavirus lockdown and now they are ready to implement it.

Miner football coach Dana Dimel is hoping for a mid-June return with an all-volunteer group of 45 athletes to resume off-season conditioning that was put on hold in mid-March.

Dana Dimel gets ready for his Monday press conference to kick off Rice weekThe hope is that 45 will become 90 by July, the team will be a full-go by August and the Sept. 5 opener with Texas Tech will be played as scheduled.

"We're going to start to bring kids back on a voluntary basis on June 15," Dimel said. "We're…