Texas–Pan American Broncs women's basketball
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| University | University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | ||
| Head coach | Larry Tidwell (Third season) | ||
| Conference | Western Athletic Conference | ||
| Location | Edinburg, Texas | ||
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UTRGV Fieldhouse (Capacity: 2,500) |
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| Nickname | Vaqueros | ||
| Colors | Kelly Green, Navy Blue, and Orange |
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The UTRGV Vaqueros women's basketball team is the intercollegiate women's basketball program representing the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. The school competes in the Western Athletic Conference in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Vaqueros play home basketball games at the UTRGV Fieldhouse on the university campus in Edinburg, Texas.
The team was established in its current identity after the University of Texas at Brownsville and the University of Texas–Pan American (UTPA) were merged in 2015. The UTPA athletic program, nicknamed "Broncs", was directly converted to that of UTRGV, with UTPA's WAC membership and athletic history transferring to the new institution.
The Broncs began play in women's basketball in 1982 when the school was known as Pan American University. The Broncs played their first three season as a NAIA Independent, with the first ever coach in school history being John McDowell. In their three seasons as a NAIA Independent, they finished 10-5, 7-11, and 12-12, respectively. In his fourth and final season, he coached them to a 7-19 record in their first ever season of Division I play (as an independent).
Tony McDaniel coached the team for one season (1986–87), leading them to a 7-17 record. Becky De Los Santos took over for the 1987-88 season, the first season for the Broncs in the American South Conference. However, the team lost all 27 games, and De Los Santos did not return.
Tim Hicks also did not win any games as coach of the 1988-89 season, but the next season saw an improvement from 0 wins to 3. After that season, the school's name changed to the University of Texas–Pan American when it joined the University of Texas System. The 1990-91 season was their last in the American South Conference, but it was the season in which they picked up their first ever conference wins (2 in total). In four seasons in the American South Conference, they went 2-40 in conference play. The conference merged with the Sun Belt Conference in 1991. In the final season for Hicks as coach, the Broncs went 10-18 and 2-14 in conference play.
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