EL PASO, TEXAS - UTEP men's basketball coach Jason Rabedeaux stepped down on Monday, citing personal reasons.
In three years under Rabedeaux's direction, the Miners posted a 46-46 record. UTEP was 13-15 in Rabedeaux's first season (1999-00).
UTEP finished 23-9 in 2000-01, when the Miners made their first postseason tournament appearance (NIT) since 1995. Rabedeaux was named the WAC Coach of the Year by The Sporting News and Houston Chronicle. He became the first UTEP coach to notch 20 wins in his second year at the helm of the program.
Last season, UTEP finished 10-22.
Rabedeaux was an assistant coach at North Adams State (1988-89), Washington State (1989-94) and Oklahoma (1994-99) before being named UTEP's 14th men's basketball coach on Sept. 10, 1999.
A native of Eau Claire, Wis., Rabedeaux was a four-year basketball starter at the University of California-Davis from 1984-88.