7-foot-tall statue of El Paso basketball legend Don Haskins coming to UTEP

by Fallon Fischer

Tue, May 9th 2023, 12:46 AM UTC

Don Haskins statue will be placed outside of the Don Haskins Center at the University of Texas at El Paso. (Credit:{ }University of Texas System Board of Regents/ Artist Brian Hanlon)

FILE - In this March 20, 1966 file photo, Texas Western coach Don Haskins, center, is congratulated after Texas Western defeated Kentucky 72-65 to win the NCAA men's college basketball championship in College Park, Md. Fifty years ago, Texas Western started five black athletes: Willie Worsley, Orsten Artis, Bobby Joe Hill, David "Big Daddy" Lattin and Harry Flournoy against Kentucky. Today, after reading historical recaps and watching movies, people tend to think it was an immediate watershed moment in sports and civil rights. It wasn't. (AP Photo/File)

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Don Haskins statue will be placed outside of the Don Haskins Center at the University of Texas at El Paso. (Credit: University of Texas System Board of Regents/ Artist Brian Hanlon)

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