The New Mexico men’s basketball team may make the most headlines around town. The Lobo men’s soccer team may have some sustained success for more than a decade. But there’s another program at UNM that has also built a successful legacy on a national stage.
Even with two goals not achieved, New Mexico men’s basketball coach Craig Neal said he looks back on his debut season as a successful one. The Lobos reached 27 wins, the most under a first-year head coach; won the Mountain West Basketball Championship for the third time,
Errant pitching and silent bats lead to consecutive losses for the New Mexico softball team. After beginning the series with an 11-9 extra-inning walk-off win over Fresno State (21-13, 6-3 MW), UNM could not find a way to score for the remainder of the weekend.
After a scoreless first spring outing last week, the New Mexico men blanked Denver University in its second exhibition game with a 3-0 win in Taos. All three goals came in the second half, the first in the 49th minute from James Rogers off a Christopher Wehan assist.
With the 2013-14 basketball season now in the books, head coach Craig Neal and company are shifting their focus for the future. The Lobos knew they’d have some major holes to fill with the graduation of starting guard Kendall Williams and forward Cameron Bairstow,
One of Ray Birmingham’s major concerns over the course of a long baseball season is fatigue. New Mexico’s head coach knows there are games in which the team does not have the requisite energy to win. Sunday’s was one of those games.
Symbolic. That’s all it was. The two-year contract extension that New Mexico men’s basketball coach Craig Neal received last week was nothing more than the University showing some good will.
Now that the season is complete, New Mexico junior center Alex Kirk will explore his options for the upcoming NBA draft, Lobo coach Craig Neal said Wednesday afternoon.
Men’s head basketball coach Craig Neal reached a deal with UNM to extend his contract for an additional two years, the UNM Athletic Department announced Monday afternoon. When he was hired last year, Neal signed a five-year deal that would have run through the 2017-18 season.
The coaching carousel in college basketball is already under way, and Craig Neal’s name has been mentioned as a possible candidate by one national media outlet. The New Mexico coach who just completed his first year as the head man was called a, “legitimate target,” for the lead position at South Florida
Getting a chance to build a football program is usually a one-time thing for most coaches. But for Barry Sacks, New Mexico’s new defensive line coach, having a second opportunity to be a part of a reclamation project was something he did not want to pass up.
There is no finesse when Cole Gautsche runs the football. Gautsche, the New Mexico football team’s starting quarterback, looks for contact when he rushes — not to get out of harm’s way.
Starting pitcher Josh Walker recorded his 23rd career win with New Mexico’s 5-3 victory over Air Force on Sunday at the Air Force Academy near Colorado Springs.
Head coach Erica Beach arranged the beginning of the New Mexico softball season with a sink or swim frame of mind. “We have faced off against the best teams in the country… The experience we gained was huge,” Beach said. “I was hoping at the beginning of the season that it wouldn’t backfire, that we wouldn’t shut down as a program.
Experience was one of the major things that the New Mexico baseball team was lacking heading into the 2014 season. Now 25 games into the year, it appears the youthful Lobos are starting to mature.
Coaching can make a dramatic difference. That’s what New Mexico head coach Bob Davie is betting on with changes he made to his defensive staff.
Heading into 2014’s spring practice, UNM head football coach Bob Davie knows what issues his team faces. They’re the same problems that have plagued the New Mexico football team for the past two seasons: inexperience and defense.
The New Mexico softball team won its first Mountain West game Sunday with an 8-6 victory over San Diego State. The win followed losses to the Aztecs on Friday and Saturday.
Head coach Ray Birmingham thought it was necessary to pump up starting pitcher Josh Walker before Sunday’s series finale against San Jose State at Lobo Field.
New Mexico’s #UnfinishedBusiness remains incomplete. For the second straight year the Lobos exited early from the NCAA tournament after 58-53 second-round loss to Stanford in Friday’s South Region contest. It ends the Lobos’ season with a 27-7 record in Craig Neal’s first year as head coach.
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