# List of University of Texas at El Paso people

This list of UTEP people includes graduates, non-graduate former students, and current students of University of Texas at El Paso and its graduate programs.

## Coaches

* Keitha Adams (born 1967), basketball coach.
* Don Haskins (1930-2008), basketball coach.
* Sandra Rushing, basketball coach.

## Faculty

* Renato Aguilera, professor of biological sciences
* Zuill Bailey, professor of cello, professional cellist
* Steven Best, professor of philosophy and co-founder of the North American Animal Liberation Press Office
* Andy Cohen, Major League Baseball second baseman who coached university team for 17 years
* Jorge Gardea-Torresdey, chemistry professor and nanoparticle researcher
* Laurie Ann Guerrero, writer and Texas Poet Laureate
* John Haddox, philosopher and Latin-Americanist
* Anna Jaquez, art professor
* Jorge López, physics professor and educator
* Urbici Soler y Manonelles, Spanish sculptor
* Diana Natalicio (born 1939), first woman to serve as president of UTEP.
* Denis O'Hearn, professor of sociology and anthropology.
* Benjamin Alire Sáenz, writer
* Ellwyn R. Stoddard, Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Anthropology
* Myra Carroll Winkler (1880-1963), second woman to serve as faculty at UTEP.

## Alumni

* F. Murray Abraham – Academy Award Best Actor winner, Amadeus
* Nate Archibald – NBA Hall of Famer, chosen as one of the Top 50 Greatest NBA Players
* Bob Beamon – Olympic gold medalist, world record holder in track and field
* Fred Carr - Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame linebacker
* Sam Donaldson – ABC News veteran and former White House Chief Correspondent
* Jon Dorenbos – Buffalo Bills, Philadelphia Eagles former long snapper
* Eleanor Lyon Duke – biology professor
* Dave Feitl – former NBA player
* Tevita Fifita – professional wrestler
* Greg Foster – former NBA player and one time NBA champion with the Los Angeles Lakers
* Hector Guerrero – professional wrestler, performed on WWF and NWA
* Vickie Guerrero – General Manager of WWE Smackdown
* Jack Handey – American humorist, Saturday Night Live
* Wayne Hansen – former NFL player
* Tim Hardaway – NBA All-Star, 2000 Summer Olympics gold medalist
* Idris Haron – Chief Minister of Malacca, Malaysia
* William D. Hawkins – U.S. Marine awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously during World War II
* Kjell Ove Hauge - Norwegian former track-athlete, since Head master at Kuben Upper Secondary School
* J. P. Hayes – professional golfer
* Johnnie Lee Higgins – National Football League wide receiver and return specialist, Conference USA Special Teams Player of the Year in 2006.
* Ed Hochuli – National Football League referee; officiated Super Bowls XXXII and XXXVIII
* Thomas Howard – former NFL linebacker
* Chuck Hughes - NFL receiver; passed away after suffering heart attack during 1971 game while playing for the Detroit Lions vs. the Chicago Bears
* Suzanna Hupp – former Republican state representative and gun rights advocate
* Chris Jacke – BBA 1989, All-American place kicker, Super Bowl champion with Green Bay Packers
* Shoshana Johnson – U.S. Army Specialist, former Iraq POW
* Aaron Jones – Minnesota Vikings running back
* Seth Joyner – 1991 NFL Defensive Player of the Year by Sports Illustrated, one-time Super Bowl champion
* Ginger Kerrick – American physicist and first Hispanic female NASA Flight Director at NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
* Mia Khalifa – former pornographic actress, social media personality, webcam model
* Mike Maddux – former Major League Baseball pitcher
* Yossi Maiman – Israeli businessman
* Karla Martinez – host of popular morning show Despierta America
* Don Maynard – Pro Football Hall of Fame
* McKenzie Moore - player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
* Paul Moreno – former Texas Democratic State Representative, longest serving Mexican American elected official in the United States
* Halakilangi Muagututia – American football player
* Brian Natkin – former NFL tight end and unanimous college All-American
* Blessing Okagbare – Olympic and world medalist in the long jump
* John D. Olivas – first UTEP alumnus to be selected as an astronaut by NASA, member of Space Shuttle Mission STS-117 crew aboard the Atlantis
* Bob O'Rear – one of the earliest employees of Microsoft
* Claudia Ordaz Perez – member of the Texas House of Representatives (2021-Present)
* Estela Portillo-Trambley – poet
* John Rayborn – gridiron football player
* Nolan Richardson – former NCAA champion collegiate men's basketball head coach at the University of Arkansas
* Rubén Salazar – Mexican-American journalist
* Paul Smith – former NFL player
* W. E. "Pete" Snelson – journalist, businessman, and member of both houses of the Texas State Legislature from Midland, later worked in Austin as an educational consultant
* Charles A. Steen – geologist whose Mi Vida Mine discovery started the American Uranium Boom of the 1950s
* Billy Stevens – former Green Bay Packers quarterback
* Obadele Thompson – former 100 meters world record holder
* Kayla Thornton – forward for the Dallas Wings
* Tony Tolbert – three-time world champion with the Dallas Cowboys
* Susana Martinez – incumbent governor of New Mexico
* Riley Matheson – former NFL player
* Bob Wallace – former Chicago Bears tight end
* Marvin Washington – former NFL player
* Charlie West – former NFL player
* Jesse Whittenton – former NFL player
* Robert Windham – professional wrestler, performing as Blackjack Mulligan, and patriarch of a prominent wrestling family.
* Richard Crawford White – politician, served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1955 to 1959 and in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1965 to 1983.
* Jesse Whittenton – Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame
* Barron Wortham – former NFL player
* Brian Young – former NFL player
* Asnage Castelly, Olympic wrestler