“lt rs agreat day for the Brg Blue Natron,"Todd sard comrng UTEP‘s head l )
three seesonsthe threeetrrne arg 12 coach ortne Year he qrarorerytrarned K3
Coach ofthe Year and lrm Phelan Coach ofthe Year Athletrc Conference ` *;
awards. led the Agges to aschool record 27e7 mark trtle,rt.s frrst rn 12 years, Q
whrch rncluded aschool best No 2 seed rn the NCAA afterberngprcked ’ xg, ' ` ,5
Toumament The team advanced to the Sweet 1s forthe to hnrsh nrnth rn the / s ‘ rg
frrst trme srnce 19BU ln addrtron to leadrng the Agges preseason poll UTEP i
aperfect 11e0 start and went on to frnrsh 21e10. earnrng bachelor‘s degree rn educatron, Grllrspre got hrs start rn
The Bunk cn the Tubby Smrth Era prodraoe es nnaon nonre grown terent es we oantnet een
Smrth led lientuekwt ——~~ he natr— —nal ehampr nshrp hve AtA&:M, Grllrspre srgred three strargat top 25 recrurtrng
SEC regular :ea:— n trtle: and hve SEC T urnament dases Hrsprowes was reflected rn hrs frrst recrurtrng
rh ampnrhshrpe wrth three r~tC.¢..¢. Elrte Erght and nz; dm at UTER Whwh fmluwd ww <>f¤‘¤S¢-¢¤¤m1¤¤¤¤¥
Sweet 1»t hnrgha 7 college AlleAmerrcans and earned a top 25 rankrrkg
Over hr: 1»t :ea:— rr: as a head U ~aeh Smrth ha; had “Our lrfeblood rs recrurtrng l am gorngto spend as
E— —eherm as the hfth head U —arh t~ ~ wm Bei game; rh Born rnAbrlene,Texas, on Nov 7,1959,Grllrspre was
15 ;ea;~h;~~r1e; smrtht eareer ree rrd rs nw gm, the mrddle ofhve chrldren andthe only boy When
145 and hr; 121 avrhrrrheperreht age re erehth   the he We-Sm Second gmdedhe f¤m¤iym<>V¤d to Gmford.
artrve r— tarhes ehterrhgthe irrrrwé sea; h 7 populatron 57E He played pornt guard at Graford Hr;.
He tr rtaled 1rrrr mh; dureker than anx: t rtherWrldrat School and was atwoesport athlete rn basketball and
sehedule that annuallxr r anlzs   ngqthe natrt th`; text where he served three years as agraduate assrstant
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