From Sun Bowl to Super Bowl: UTEP's Super Bowl Champions

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The list of former University of Texas at El Paso players and coaches who have won a Super Bowl ring includes current Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid and one-time Dallas Cowboys defensive end Tony Tolbert.

In this article, we celebrate UTEP Miners alumni and past coaches who have won professional football's ultimate piece of finger wear.

Andy Reid’s University of Texas Connection

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Long before Andy Reid guided two separate franchises to the Super Bowl, he spent two seasons in the late ‘80s pacing the sidelines at Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso, Texas.

One of the most successful head coaches in the storied history of the National Football League called the Sun City home while coaching the offensive line at the University of Texas at El Paso from 1987 to 1988.

Since those formative years as a Miners assistant, he’s won four Super Bowl rings to date: three as head coach of the Chiefs (2020, 2023, 2024) and as an assistant coach with the Green Bay Packers in 1997.

Two of his current assistants in KC, Dave Troub and Ken Flajole, coached alongside Reid at UTEP and are also among the shortlist of Miners coaches and players who’ve earned professional football's most coveted blinged out memento.

UTEP Players Who Have Won Super Bowl Rings

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Lee Mays [Miner from 1998-01]

UTEP's all-time receptions leader spent 5 years with the Steelers, including its '05 Super Bowl XL winning season.

Brian Young [Miner from 1995-99]

The Andress High School grad played in Super Bowl XXXVI as a member of the St. Louis Rams in 2001, but the team lost to the New England Patriots. He joined the New Orleans Saints as a coaching assistant in ’09, year the Saints were victorious in Super Bowl XLIV earning the first-year coach his ring.

Tony Tolbert [Miner from 1986-88]

Tolbert was drafted in 1989 by Dallas, and won three rings with the Cowboys: Super Bowl XXVII, XXVIII, and XXX.

Chris Jacke [Miner from 1984-86, 88]

Jacke was the first kicker taken in the ’89 draft. He won his bling in 1997 after the Green Bay Packers defeated New England in Super Bowl XXXI.

Seth Joyner [Miner from 1982-85]

Joyner earned his ring in 1999 playing for the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXXIII.

Don Maynard/George Daney

Maynard was a Miner from 1954–56 when it was still Texas Western College. He got his ring in 1969 when the New York Jets defeated the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III. Maynard is a member of the elite NFL Hall of Fame - the only former UTEP player to be so honored.

Daney (1965-67) was the Kansas City Chiefs first-round pick in 1968. He earned his ring the following year after the Chiefs defeated the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl IV.