...       MY HUSBAND and I chose to be at the Pit Saturday, along with 12,000 fans, to see the first home game for the Lobos' basketball team. Coach Steve Alford, with his bright red jacket, now seems at home as he walked out onto the court. The players, poised and energetic. Even with the draftiness ...
full story 11/17/09

... time to time, it has for the past 20 years."     The smell seemed to dissipate as the game progressed.     "It comes and goes," said UNM men's coach Steve Alford, whose basketball office is located in the Davalos Center, just outside the Pit. "That's all part of the renovation process.     "Those things ...
full story 11/16/09

... his temper ... No college coach is worth this kind of money, one who is producing or not.         ... Paul Krebs hit a homerun with the hiring of Steve Alford, he may have made a poor choice with Locksley. Regardless, the salaries and contracts being offered coaches in college athletics is most troubling ...
full story 11/14/09

... — Martinez enjoys visiting UNM Children's Hospital and he and junior Dairese Gary have helped out at various community centers.        Coach Steve Alford is hoping an NCAA Tournament bid will come the Lobos way this year and says he would get an extra rush from seeing Martinez go out on top ...
full story 11/11/09

... evacuation of the building's dorms. The fire was quickly put out by a UNM maintenance worker and the Albuquerque Fire Department, UNM spokesman Steve Carr said.         Also Friday, alarms went off at UNM's Center for High Technology Materials on 1313 Goddard, alerting people of a possible chlorine ...
full story 09/25/09

... solely on base salary.         Total compensation this year for others who collected the most in deferred compensation are: Don Flanagan, $494,200; Steve Alford, $1,040,000 and Paul Roth, $523,600.         Documents obtained by the Journal through a public records request reveal that 33 UNM employees ...
full story 06/16/09

... and 899, when numerous transfers cost the program points. The Lobos lost a scholarship a year ago because of a dismal APR rating.        Head coach Steve Alford has spent the last two years “trying to clean up the academic mess.”        The new rating, released in May, means the program ...
full story 06/02/09

... season.        All in all, it's been a good one.        Women's coach Don Flanagan notched his 300th win at the University of New Mexico. Steve Alford, who has turned around the men's team in a couple of years, was named MWC coach of the year. Both teams were invited to the NIT.        Those ...
full story 03/19/09

... , that player wasn't wearing Utah red Tuesday night. I doubt that person exists right now, anywhere in the MWC.     "I may be biased," UNM coach Steve Alford said after his Lobos' 77-71 victory over the Utes and center Luke Nevill in a pulsating Pit, "But Tony gets our vote."     So many story lines ...
full story 03/03/09

... 7-foot-2 MWC Player of the Year candidate Luke Nevill all evening. Toppert added 12 points and two big 3s.     "It wasn't easy for them," UNM coach Steve Alford said of his senior trio. "I told them before the game, 'regardless of what happens today, you've been very special for our program. I appreciate ...
full story 03/03/09