UTEP brings in Golding

Joe Golding has been named the new coach at UTEP after a decade at Abilene Christian that included an upset victory for the Wildcats in the first round of this season’s NCAA Tournament. Golding replaces Rodney Terry, who left after three seasons to become an assistant at Texas under new Longhorns Coach Chris Beard. No. 14 seed Abilene Christian beat the No. 3 Longhorns, the Big 12 tournament champions, in the NCAA tourney last month. The 45-year-old Golding was 158144 during his 10 seasons as head coach of his alma mater, guiding Abilene Christian’s transition from NCAA Division II to Division I and the last two NCAA Tournaments. The Wildcats were 71-23 overall during the past three seasons, including 24-5 this season.

Stringer gets 5 more years

Hall of Fame women’s Coach C. Vivian Stringer has agreed to a five-year contract extension that will keep her at Rutgers through the 2025-26 season. The New Jersey-based Big Ten Conference university announced the deal Wednesday after it was approved by the school’s board of governors. Stringer, 73, has led the Scarlet Knights to a top-three finish in the conference in two of the past three seasons, and a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances. Stringer notched her 1,000th career victory in November 2018, becoming the fifth NCAA Division I women’s basketball coach to reach the mark. She now ranks fifth all-time in NCAA women’s basketball with 1,055 career victories.