After UC San Diego coach Eric Olen left to lead New Mexico, it was a no-brainer that his top 2025 recruit would follow him.

It's a new day for the Lobo Men's Basketball team. Less than a week after the departure of Head Coach Richard Pitino to Xavier, the Lobos have officially introduced new coach Eric Olen.

Uriah Tenette says he never really had a doubt he would be following Eric Olen wherever he was coaching next. The 5-foot-10 point guard from Prescott (Arizona) High School on Saturday committed to ...

Albuquerque, N.M. — Eric Olen, the 23rd head coach in New Mexico men’s basketball history, was introduced by Athletic Director Fernando Lovo on April 1, 2025, during a press conference at the ...

Mar. 30—Here's what people are saying about the UNM Lobos hiring former UC San Diego coach Eric Olen as men's basketball coach: "We're thrilled to welcome Eric Olen as the new head coach of Lobo ...

The Lobos finished 27-8, claimed the Mountain West regular-season title and won a game in the NCAA Tournament, but then lost against Michigan State and lost coach Richard Pitino to Xavier of the Big ...

Another player has decided to follow Eric Olen to New Mexico. Uriah Tenette, a high school recruit who was originally ...

Photo credit: Mike McGinnis, ucsdtritons.com UC San Diego men’s basketball coach Eric Olen is leaving the school to become coach at the University of New Mexico and will be replaced by associate ...

Eric Olen took over as UC San Diego’s head basketball coach in 2013. A few years later the Tritons began their transition from Division II to Division I. At the time UCSD Athletics Director Earl ...

ERIC OLSON, INTRODUCED HIMSELF TO LOBO NATION TODAY, PROMISING TO WRITE THE NEXT GREAT CHAPTER OF NEW MEXICO BASKETBALL. JAMES MCNABB SHOWS US OLEN’S PLAN. WELL, DOUG AND SHELLY, COACH OLSON ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The University of New Mexico officially welcomed Eric Olen as the head coach of its men’s basketball program on Tuesday. UNM president Garnett Stokes, UNM athletic ...