Eric Olen is a New Mexico Lobo. The architect of UC San Diego’s magical men’s basketball season that came within a rimmed-out 3-pointer from taking mighty Michigan to overtime in the NCAA Tournament ...

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 head ...

New Mexico named Eric Olen as head coach of the Lobos’ basketball program. Olen began coaching at UC San Diego in 2004, ...

UC San Diego Tritons head coach Eric Olen had a season for the record books. His team averaged over 80 points per game, won 30 games overall, and are cruising into the NCAA Tournament riding a 15 ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico hired UC San Diego’s Eric Olen on Sunday as its next basketball coach. Olen will replace Richard Pitino, who left to become Xavier’s coach on Tuesday.

Update: UC San Diego clinched an automatic NCAA Tournament ... and he’s “not surprised at all” that head coach Eric Olen has UCSD in the mix for a March Madness moment.

New Mexico has agreed to a five-year deal to make UC San Diego's Eric Olen the school's next head coach, sources told ESPN's Pete Thamel on Sunday. Olen led UC San Diego to the NCAA tournament this ...

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 ...

Olen's team broke through with 30 wins this season and reached the NCAA Tournament, losing to Michigan in the first round.

New Mexico found its successor for Xavier-bound Richard Pitino in the form of UC San Diego head coach Eric Olen, Lobos vice ...