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Houston hires New Mexico's Eddie Nunez as new AD
Eddie Nunez comes to the Univ. of Houston after having spent seven years as AD of the Univ. of New MexicoGetty Images
The Univ. of Houston has hired Univ. of New Mexico AD Eddie Nunez to be their 14th AD. He signed a five-year deal and will be formally introduced at noon on Wednesday at the TDECU Stadium Club. Nunez leaves UNM after seven years as AD. He also brings “significant Power Four experience,” serving as Deputy AD for 14 years at LSU. Nunez will take over a “cash-strapped UH athletic department” that has been without a leader since former AD Chris Pezman was fired in late June after six years. He will lead UH into their second year in the Big 12 with the “smallest operating budget among power conference schools” and one of the “most subsidized athletic departments in the nation” with nearly $200M in direct institutional support since 2018-19. Nunez was selected over Univ. of Tennessee Deputy AD Ryan Alpert (HOUSTON CHRONICLE, 8/17).
This comes after Pat Hobbs resigned as AD at Rutgers on Friday after nine years in the role. Noted Rutgers observer Steve Politi wrote, “So much of this doesn’t make any sense. The weird timing. The clumsy announcement. The resignation itself, for that matter. … The press release announcing the news, meanwhile, is just four paragraphs with a glaring typo. It did not include a single laudatory quote — not from football coach Greg Schiano, not from basketball coach Steve Pikiell, not from university president Jonathan Holloway. There are departing golf coaches who have gotten a bigger send off” (Newark STAR LEDGER, 8/17).
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A successful University of New Mexico Lobo athletics season and the athletics director’s departure has culminated in players and coaches making moves.
The moves follow a successful 2025 season and the departure of athletics director Fernando Lovo.
Running back coach John Johnson, special teams coordinator Daniel Da Prato and wide receiver coach Colin Lockett are all leaving the Lobos after just one season. Johnson is headed to Iowa State while Da Prato is expected to join Minnesota and Lockett is headed to UCLA, all for the same jobs.
Johnson’s Lobo running backs ran for more than 1,400 yards. Da Prato’s special teams finished top-five nationally in kickoff returns.
Running back D.J. McKinney entered the portal, he confirmed on social media the day the portal officially opened. McKinney rushed for 464 yards and seven touchdowns with the Lobos.
Two players who received all-Mountain West Conference recognition also made moves. All-Mountain West tight-end Dorian Thomas, who caught for touchdowns for the Lobos, entered the portal. Meanwhile, all-Mountain West honorable mention punter Daniel Hughes is set to leave.
Others set to leave include:
- Cole Welliver, backup quarterback who played in one game
- Landon Williams, defensive end who graduated from La Cueva High School
- Randolph Kpai, senior linebacker who is at the end of his college football career without a waiver
After Lance St. Louis served as the starting long snapper for the Texas Longhorns for four seasons, special teams coordinator Jeff Banks landed an experienced replacement when New Mexico Lobos transfer Trey Dubuc pledged while on a visit to the Forty Acres.
The pledge from Dubuc ensures that Texas has experienced replacements for three specialists despite signing high school prospects at each position — with the SEC expanding to 105 scholarships in 2026, Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian can afford to develop high school recruits at those positions behind experienced transfers like Dubuc.
The Fort Lauderdale product started his career at USF after playing on two state championship teams at Cardinal Gibbons. A 6’1, 209-pounder, Dubuc redshirted during his freshman season in 2023 before appearing in one game as the backup long snapper the following year.
After transferring to New Mexico, Dubuc served as the starting long snapper while making two tackles for the Lobos.
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