Olen spent 12 seasons as head coach at UC San Diego after nine years as an assistant with the program. The Tritons were narrowly defeated by Michigan 68-65 in their first-ever March Madness ...

UC San Diego head coach Eric Olen looks on against Michigan during the first half in the first round of the NCAA college basketball tournament Thursday, March 20, 2025, in Denver.

He's pretty step-by-step oriented." Olen afterward said part of the transition from coaching at the UC San Diego to moving to Albuquerque is networking, which was partly what Friday was also about.

In Episode 112 of the Talking Grammer podcast, I catch up with new UNM Lobos assistant coach Mikey Howell, a former point guard at UC San Diego who played for new Lobos head coach Eric Olen and for ...

Jun. 9—In Episode 108 of the Talking Grammer podcast, we get to know new UNM Lobo assistant men's basketball coach Sam Stapleton, one of three assistants who followed head coach Eric Olen from ...

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. “Eric is a ...