page_title: UTEP Miners football
section_title: Dana Dimel era (2018–present)
hierarchical_section_title: UTEP Miners football / History / Dana Dimel era (2018–present)
caption_attribution_description: English: Dana Dimel, head coach of the UTEP Miners football team, at the 2018 Conference USA media days in Frisco, Texas.
context_page_description: The UTEP Miners football program represents University of Texas at El Paso in the sport of American football. The Miners compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the West Division of Conference USA. They are currently coached by Dana Dimel. UTEP has produced a Border Conference championship team in 1956 and a Western Athletic Conference championship team in 2000, along with 14 postseason bowl appearances. The Miners play their home games at the Sun Bowl which has a seating capacity of 51,500.
context_section_description: On December 6, 2017, Kansas State offensive coordinator Dana Dimel was named UTEP's 26th head football coach. A longtime assistant coach at Kansas State under legendary head coach Bill Snyder, Dimel had previous experience turning around struggling college football programs as head coach, greatly improving both Wyoming from 1997 to 1999 and Houston from 2000–2002. UTEP signed Dimel to a five-year contract worth a base salary of $750,000 annually.
caption: Dana Dimel
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