UNLV president Neal Smatresk has ended a five-month search for a new athletic director by picking Tina Kunzer-Murphy, who took over for Jim Livengood in May on an interim basis, and extended her contract through Dec. 31, 2014.
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The trip to Hawaii last football season felt like anything but a visit to paradise for UNLV. Even though the Rebels were 3½-point favorites, they were never in the game in getting blown off the field 48-10.
Behind the scenes, a talented UNLV basketball team was torn apart. Carlos Lopez-Sosa was unhappy and unsure if he wanted to be a part of it anymore. He was falling apart, too.
UNLV officials on Monday launched their attempt at building Stadium 2.0 with their new strategy firmly in place — a partnership between the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and the Las Vegas casino-hotel industry.
Amid the chaos, Dave Rice remained calm. And that would surprise absolutely no one who knows or has observed the UNLV basketball coach the past two years.
It was an hour or so before UNLV played New Mexico in football on Sept. 28 in Albuquerque, and Tina Kunzer-Murphy was strolling along the turf at University Stadium.
UNLV President Neal Smatresk has spent nearly five months trying to find a replacement for athletic director Jim Livengood. Over the past three weeks, he has interviewed four candidates, but the end of the process might be at hand.
By wearing a red sweatshirt, Goodluck Okonoboh was not tipping his hand. Would he pick Indiana, Ohio State or UNLV? All three teams sport some version of red.
UNLV doesn’t need time off, but the Rebels have it forced upon them.
A little more than a year after he was diagnosed with Stage Two Hodgkin’s Lymphoma — which forced him to sit out last season as a medical redshirt — an emotional Ryan Harding returned to action for the Rebels on Sept. 20, starting in net in a 2-1 loss to Cal State Northridge.