Part II of a two-part series. The next UNLV athletic director will inherit football and men’s basketball programs in different stages of rebuilding.
Football
Rebels head coach Tony Sanchez announced the additions of defensive back Demitrious Gibbs and defensive end Roger Mann on Monday.
Anu Solomon and Tony Sanchez won four state football titles together at Bishop Gorman High School, but a reunion isn’t expected to take place at UNLV.
UNLV’s football team signed two midyear junior college players on the initial day of the national early signing period Wednesday in center Sid Acosta and linebacker Jacob Rominger.
UNLV redshirt freshman quarterback Dalton Sneed is leaving the program and plans to transfer to another school, he announced Tuesday morning on Twitter.
UNLV received two more verbal commitments to its 2017 football recruiting class in two-star defensive end Nate Neal and junior college center Sid Acosta.
UNLV added its ninth verbal commit to its 2017 football recruiting class Sunday when two-star tight end Noah Bean committed following his official visit to the school.
UNLV officially announced the additions of DeAndre Smith as running backs coach and David Lockwood as cornerbacks coach Friday.
Randall Cunningham, Silverado High School’s football coach and a Las Vegas pastor, is the leading passer and punter in UNLV history.
Bishop Gorman football coach Kenny Sanchez could have coached his last game at the school in Saturday’s 84-8 win overLiberty in the Class 4A state championship game at Sam Boyd Stadium.
Former Purdue running backs coach DeAndre Smith soon will be hired for the same position at UNLV, a source confirmed.
Review-Journal Sports Editor Bill Bradley welcomed UNLV football beat reporter Todd Dewey for his bi-weekly Facebook Live lunchtime chat Wednesday.
Johnny Johnson III, a three-star wide receiver from Chandler, Arizona, had been verbally committed to UNLV but recently chose Oregon over the Rebels after the Ducks made him an offer.
Here’s the grade we give each area of the UNLV football team this season.
San Diego State running back Donnel Pumphrey was named the Mountain West Offensive Player of the Year for the second straight season Tuesday, and UNLV senior linebacker Tau Lotulelei was named first-team All-Mountain West.