Texas-Arlington

Official Name: 
University of Texas-Arlington
Nickname: 
Mavericks
Mailing Address: 

UTA Box 19079
Arlington, TX 76019

Telephone: 
(817) 272-2239
Fax: 
(817) 272-2254
Enrollment: 
23,280
Arena: 

Texas Hall
Capacity: 4,200
Year Opened: 1965

School Colors: 
Royal Blue and White
Conference: 

Southland (since 1969 except for 1987)

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(1) 2008
0-1 record (.000)

NIT Appearances: 

(1) 1981
0-1 record (.000)

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

Eddie McCarter (14 years from 1993-2006, 179-211 record, .459)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Willie Brand (1,907 points from 1988-91)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Paul Renfro (851 from 1977-80)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Steven Barber (43 points as senior vs. Texas-San Antonio on 1/24/02)

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Steven Barber* (43 at Texas-San Antonio)
January 24, 2002 (senior/18.6 ppg)
*School Division I record. All-time Texas-Arlington mark set by Dink Ford (44 vs. Texas Wesleyan on 12-29-64).

1

2

Total

Texas-Arlington

55

40

95

Texas-San Antonio

38

53

91

Name

FG

3PT

FT

PTS

Hicks

3-8

0-0

4-6

10

Callier

1-4

0-0

4-6

6

Johnson

2-3

0-0

0-0

4

Barber

13-22

5-7

12-14

43

Obasohan

5-8

0-0

4-4

15

Ngounou

1-3

0-0

0-2

2

Beachman

2-5

0-0

0-0

4

Daniel

0-1

0-0

7-8

7

Palmer

0-0

0-0

2-2

2

Rucker

1-1

0-0

0-0

2

Totals

28-55

6-9

33-42

95

Percentages

.509

.667

.786

Name

FG

3PT

FT

PTS

Minnieweather

2-8

0-2

0-0

4

President

1-4

0-1

0-1

2

Briggs

2-4

0-0

4-4

8

Brown

6-15

0-4

10-11

22

Powers

4-7

0-0

20-26

28

Akotaobi

5-12

2-5

1-1

13

Brownlee

0-0

0-0

1-2

1

Havens

0-1

0-1

0-0

0

Joseph

4-7

3-5

2-2

13

Watkins

0-1

0-0

0-0

0

Totals

24-59

5-18

38-47

91

Percentages

.407

.278

.809

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

Tom Tinker

7

1960-66

54-113

.323

1961

11-12

Barry Dowd

10

1967-76

90-168

.349

1967, 1972

14-12

Bob "Snake" LeGrand

11

1977-87

122-184

.399

1981

20-8

Jerry Stone

1

1988

7-22

.241

1988

7-22

Mark Nixon

4

1989-92

56-59

.487

1991

20-9

Eddie McCarter

14

1993-2006

179-211

.459

2004

17-12

Scott Cross

5

2007-11

79-73

.520

2008

21-12

  • All-Time W-L Record: 585-832 (.413) from 1960 through 2011.
  • NOTE: UTA moved up to major-college status in 1969 after competing as a junior college from 1919 through 1959.