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Article: UTEP hires Mike Price
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- December 22, 2003
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Mike Price has been waiting seven months to try to rebuild his
coaching career. Texas-El Paso is happy to give him a chance.
The Miners hired Price on Sunday despite a reputation tarnished by
a night of partying at a strip club months after being hired at
Alabama. The longtime Washington State coach never coached a game for
the Crimson Tide and has been trying to clear his image ever since.
"I feel reborn," Price said. "When something you love has been
taken away, it really hurts. It hurt me so much that now I know that
coaching was my true calling."
Price, who maintains that the events that led to his departure
were reported inaccurately, vows to be on his best behavior.
"A lot has ...