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New Mexico hires UC San Diego's Eric Olen

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Olen officially announced he's taking the head coaching job at the University of New Mexico, taking over the Lobos program after Richard Pitino left to run Xavier's program.
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New Mexico hired UC San Diego's Eric Olen on Sunday as its next basketball coach.
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