UTEP Coach Mike Price is recovering from angioplasty this week. It has been almost 5 years since Price was elevated to the non-official High Priest of Alabama Football only to tumble before ever coaching a game for the Tide with the Pensacola incident.
Yet, Price simply proved that the past repeats itself. His track record at Wassu showed him creating value for the Coogs- 5 bowl games, 3 10-win seasons, a National Coach of the Year Award in '97. Now, in another isolated outpost, Price has breathed life into a moribund Miners program.
Case in point--Price's record at UTEP over the past 3 years is 21-15. He's notched back-to-back bowl games in 2004 & 2005 as well as the school's first ever AP ranking in 2004, climbing to #23.
Prior to his arrival, the Miners needed 6 seasons to reach the 21 win mark. The Miners' last back to back winning seasons were in 1987 & 1988.
Get well soon, Coach.
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