As the process plays out slowly regarding getting approval on new UNLV basketball coach Chris Beard’s contract, hanging in the background is the memory of 1994 and a secret second contract given to Rollie Massimino to succeed Jerry Tarkanian.
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Brad Rothermel, the UNLV athletic director during the basketball team’s glory days who most recently was the special adviser to the AD, retired Thursday.
UNLV basketball coach Chris Beard has met with assistants Stacey Augmon and Ryan Miller, but there was no indication of whether either would be retained.
Thirty minutes after UNLV football practice ended Wednesday morning, offensive coordinator Barney Cotton was the only person remaining at Rebel Park.
In his only season as a Division I head coach, Chris Beard won 30 games, including one in the NCAA Tournament. But he has much more on his resume.
New UNLV basketball coach Chris Beard spent Tuesday in meetings with his players. The recruiting process on his own roster has begun.
Monday, there was silence from Stacey Augmon. He did not return phone calls or text messages seeking comment on his being snubbed.
The pain of March 30, 1991, will never completely go away. UNLV’s 79-77 loss to Duke at the Final Four at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis remains one of the great upsets not only in the history of college basketball but also all of sports.
UNLV athletic director Tina Kunzer-Murphy can’t wait to share new coach Chris Beard with the world. But she wants the process to play out first, which means finalizing the contract through the legal process and getting it approved by the University of Nevada Board of Regents, which likely will be Tuesday or Wednesday of next week.
Tony Sanchez talks fast, walks fast and his energy is off the charts. But the UNLV football coach has got nothing on Rebels strength and conditioning coach Keith Belton and his assistant, Jeff Eaton.
UNLV has found yet another person to coach the men’s basketball team.
UNLV officials were spurned by Cincinnati coach Mick Cronin last week to start a wild sequence of events. It became clear Sunday night that UNLV’s latest top candidate was Beard after New Mexico State coach Marvin Menzies pulled out of the race.
Chris Beard’s head coaching stops include time at community colleges in Seminole State and Fort Scott, a level that demands coaches travel to places far and wide and often unknown to discover players.
Bob Knight crossed paths with Chris Beard, the head coach at Seminole State College in Oklahoma. It’s not easy to make a big impression on Bob Knight, but Beard did.
As if returning to practice at 8:10 a.m. Monday morning following a week off for spring break wasn’t sobering enough for the UNLV football team, it had to contend with wind gusts of up to 60 mph at Rebel Park.
